This Act may be cited as the “Economic Justice Act”.

The table of contents of this Act is the following:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Emergency designation.

(a) In general.—The amounts provided by this Act are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).

(b) Designation in senate.—In the Senate, this Act is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.

(a) Definitions.—In this section, the terms “eligible child care provider”, “Indian tribe”, “lead agency”, “tribal organization”, “Secretary”, and “State” have the meanings given the terms in section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) except as otherwise provided in this section.

(b) Grants.—From funds appropriated to carry out this section and under the authority of section 658O of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m) and this section, the Secretary shall establish a Child Care Stabilization Fund grants program, through which the Secretary shall award child care stabilization grants to the lead agency of each State (as defined in that section 658O), territory described in subsection (a)(1) of such section, Indian tribe, and tribal organization from allotments and payments made under subsection (c)(2), not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

(c) Secretarial reservation and allotments.—

(1) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall reserve not more than 1 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this section for the Federal administration of grants described in subsection (b). Amounts reserved by the Secretary for such administration shall remain available through fiscal year 2024.

(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The Secretary shall use the remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out this section to award allotments to States, as defined in section 658O of the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m), and payments to territories, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), and subsection (b), of section 658O of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m).

(d) State reservations and subgrants.—

(1) RESERVATION.—A lead agency for a State that receives a child care stabilization grant pursuant to subsection (b) shall reserve not more than 10 percent of such grant funds—

(A) to administer subgrants made to qualified child care providers under paragraph (2), including to carry out data systems building and other activities that enable the disbursement of payments of such subgrants;

(B) to provide technical assistance and support in applying for and accessing the subgrant opportunity under paragraph (2), to eligible child care providers (including to family child care providers, group home child care providers, and other non-center-based child care providers, providers in rural areas, and providers with limited administrative capacity), either directly or through resource and referral agencies or staffed family child care networks;

(C) to publicize the availability of subgrants under this section and conduct widespread outreach to eligible child care providers, including family child care providers, group home child care providers, and other non-center-based child care providers, providers in rural areas, and providers with limited administrative capacity, either directly or through resource and referral agencies or staffed family child care networks, to ensure eligible child care providers are aware of the subgrants available under this section;

(D) to carry out the reporting requirements described in subsection (f); and

(E) to carry out activities to improve the supply and quality of child care during and after the qualifying emergency, such as conducting community needs assessments, carrying out child care cost modeling, making improvements to child care facilities, increasing access to licensure or participation in the State’s tiered quality rating system, and carrying out other activities described in section 658G(b) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858e(b)), to the extent that the lead agency can carry out activities described in this subparagraph without preventing the lead agency from fully conducting the activities described in subparagraphs (A) through (D).

(2) SUBGRANTS TO QUALIFIED CHILD CARE PROVIDERS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The lead agency shall use the remainder of the grant funds awarded pursuant to subsection (b) to make subgrants to qualified child care providers described in subparagraph (B), to support the stability of the child care sector during and after the qualifying emergency and to ensure the maintenance of a delivery system of child care services throughout the State that provides for child care in a variety of settings, including the settings of family child care providers, and for a variety of ages, including care for infants and toddlers. The lead agency shall provide the subgrant funds in advance of provider expenditures for costs described in subsection (e), except as provided in subsection (e)(2).

(B) QUALIFIED CHILD CARE PROVIDER.—To be qualified to receive a subgrant under this paragraph, a provider shall be an eligible child care provider that—

(i) was providing child care services on or before March 1, 2020; and

(ii) on the date of submission of an application for the subgrant, was either—

(I) open and available to provide child care services; or

(II) closed due to the qualifying emergency.

(C) SUBGRANT AMOUNT.—The lead agency shall make subgrants, from amounts awarded pursuant to subsection (b), to qualified child care providers, and the amount of such a subgrant to such a provider shall—

(i) (I) be based on the provider’s stated average operating expenses during the period (of not longer than 6 months) before March 1, 2020, or, for a provider that operates seasonally, during a period (of not longer than 6 months) before the provider’s last day of operation; and

(II) at minimum cover such operating expenses for the intended length of the subgrant;

(ii) account for increased costs of providing or preparing to provide child care as a result of the qualifying emergency, such as provider and employee compensation and existing benefits (existing as of March 1, 2020) and the implementation of new practices related to sanitization, group size limits, and social distancing;

(iii) be adjusted for payments or reimbursements made to an eligible child care provider to carry out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) or the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) if the period of such payments or reimbursements overlaps with the period of the subgrant; and

(iv) be adjusted for payments or reimbursements made to an eligible child care provider through the Paycheck Protection Program set forth in section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)), as added by section 1102 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) if the period of such payments or reimbursements overlaps with the period of the subgrant.

(D) APPLICATION.—

(i) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a subgrant under this paragraph, a child care provider shall submit an application to a lead agency at such time and in such manner as the lead agency may require. Such application shall include—

(I) a good-faith certification that the ongoing operations of the child care provider have been impacted as a result of the qualifying emergency;

(II) for a provider described in subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), an assurance that, for the period of the subgrant—

(aa) the provider will give priority for available slots (including slots that are only temporarily available) to—

(AA) children of essential workers (such as health care sector employees, emergency responders, sanitation workers, farmworkers, child care employees, and other workers determined to be essential during the response to COVID–19 by public officials), children of workers whose places of employment require their attendance, children experiencing homelessness, children with disabilities, children at risk of child abuse or neglect, and children in foster care, in States, tribal communities, or localities where stay-at-home or related orders are in effect; or

(BB) children of workers whose places of employment require their attendance, children experiencing homelessness, children with disabilities, children at risk of child abuse or neglect, children in foster care, and children whose parents are in school or a training program, in States, tribal communities, or localities where stay-at-home or related orders are not in effect;

(bb) the provider will implement policies in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the State, tribal, and local health authorities, and in accordance with State, tribal, and local orders, for child care providers that remain open, including guidance on sanitization practices, group size limits, and social distancing;

(cc) for each employee, the provider will pay the full compensation described in subsection (e)(1)(C), including any benefits, that was provided to the employee as of March 1, 2020 (referred to in this clause as “full compensation”), and will not take any action that reduces the weekly amount of the employee’s compensation below the weekly amount of full compensation, or that reduces the employee’s rate of compensation below the rate of full compensation; and

(dd) the provider will provide relief from copayments and tuition payments for the families enrolled in the provider’s program and prioritize such relief for families struggling to make either type of payment;

(III) for a provider described in subparagraph (B)(ii)(II), an assurance that—

(aa) for the duration of the provider’s closure due to the qualifying emergency, for each employee, the provider will pay full compensation, and will not take any action that reduces the weekly amount of the employee’s compensation below the weekly amount of full compensation, or that reduces the employee’s rate of compensation below the rate of full compensation;

(bb) children enrolled as of March 1, 2020, will maintain their slots, unless their families choose to disenroll the children;

(cc) for the duration of the provider’s closure due to the qualifying emergency, the provider will provide relief from copayments and tuition payments for the families enrolled in the provider’s program and prioritize such relief for families struggling to make either type of payment; and

(dd) the provider will resume operations when the provider is able to safely implement policies in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the State, tribal, and local health authorities, and in accordance with State, tribal, and local orders;

(IV) information about the child care provider’s—

(aa) program characteristics sufficient to allow the lead agency to establish the child care provider’s priority status, as described in subparagraph (F);

(bb) program operational status on the date of submission of the application;

(cc) type of program, including whether the program is a center-based child care, family child care, group home child care, or other non-center-based child care type program;

(dd) total enrollment on the date of submission of the application and total capacity as allowed by the State and tribal and local authorities; and

(ee) receipt of assistance, and amount of assistance, through a payment or reimbursement described in subparagraph (C)(iv), and the time period for which the assistance was made;

(V) information necessary to determine the amount of the subgrant, such as information about the provider’s stated average operating expenses over the appropriate period described in subparagraph (C)(i); and

(VI) such other limited information as the lead agency shall determine to be necessary to make subgrants to qualified child care providers.

(ii) FREQUENCY.—The lead agency shall accept and process applications submitted under this subparagraph on a rolling basis.

(iii) UPDATES.—The lead agency shall—

(I) at least once a month, verify by obtaining a self-attestation from each qualified child care provider that received such a subgrant from the agency, whether the provider is open and available to provide child care services or is closed due to the qualifying emergency;

(II) allow the qualified child care provider to update the information provided in a prior application; and

(III) adjust the qualified child care provider’s subgrant award as necessary, based on changes to the application information, including changes to the provider’s operational status.

(iv) EXISTING APPLICATIONS.—If a lead agency has established and implemented a grant program for child care providers that is in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, and an eligible child care provider has already submitted an application for such a grant to the lead agency containing the information specified in clause (i), the lead agency shall treat that application as an application submitted under this subparagraph. If an eligible child care provider has already submitted such an application containing part of the information specified in clause (i), the provider may submit to the lead agency an abbreviated application that contains the remaining information, and the lead agency shall treat the 2 applications as an application submitted under this subparagraph.

(E) MATERIALS.—

(i) IN GENERAL.—The lead agency shall provide the materials and other resources related to such subgrants, including a notification of subgrant opportunities and application materials, to qualified child care providers in the most commonly spoken languages in the State.

(ii) APPLICATION.—The application shall be accessible on the website of the lead agency within 30 days after the lead agency receives grant funds awarded pursuant to subsection (b) and shall be accessible to all eligible child care providers, including family child care providers, group home child care providers, and other non-center-based child care providers, providers in rural areas, and providers with limited administrative capacity.

(F) PRIORITY.—In making subgrants under this section, the lead agency shall give priority to qualified child care providers that, prior to or on March 1, 2020—

(i) provided child care during nontraditional hours;

(ii) served dual language learners, children with disabilities, children experiencing homelessness, children in foster care, children from low-income families, or infants and toddlers;

(iii) served a high proportion of children whose families received subsidies under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) for the child care; or

(iv) operated in localities, including rural localities, with a low supply of child care.

(G) PROVIDERS RECEIVING OTHER ASSISTANCE.—The lead agency, in determining whether a provider is a qualified child care provider, shall not take into consideration receipt of a payment or reimbursement described in clause (iii) or (iv) of subparagraph (C).

(H) AWARDS.—The lead agency shall equitably make subgrants under this paragraph to center-based child care providers, family child care providers, group home child care providers, and other non-center-based child care providers, such that qualified child care providers are able to access the subgrant opportunity under this paragraph regardless of the providers’ setting, size, or administrative capacity.

(I) OBLIGATION.—The lead agency shall obligate at least 50 percent of funds available to carry out this section for subgrants described in this paragraph not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.

(e) Uses of funds.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—A qualified child care provider that receives funds through such a subgrant may use the funds for the costs of—

(A) payroll;

(B) employee benefits, including group health plan benefits during periods of paid sick, medical, or family leave, and insurance premiums;

(C) employee salaries or similar compensation, including any income or other compensation to a sole proprietor or independent contractor that is a wage, commission, income, net earnings from self-employment, or similar compensation;

(D) employee recruitment and retention;

(E) payment on any mortgage obligation;

(F) rent (including rent under a lease agreement);

(G) utilities and facilities maintenance;

(H) insurance;

(I) providing premium pay for child care providers and other employees who provide services during the qualifying emergency;

(J) sanitization and other costs associated with cleaning;

(K) personal protective equipment and other equipment necessary to carry out the functions of the child care provider;

(L) training and professional development related to health and safety practices, including the proper implementation of policies in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the State, tribal, and local health authorities, and in accordance with State, tribal, and local orders;

(M) purchasing or updating equipment and supplies to serve children during nontraditional hours;

(N) modifications to child care services as a result of the qualifying emergency, such as limiting group sizes, adjusting staff-to-child ratios, and implementing other heightened health and safety measures;

(O) mental health services and supports for children and employees; and

(P) other goods and services necessary to maintain or resume operation of the child care program, or to maintain the viability of the child care provider as a going concern during and after the qualifying emergency.

(2) REIMBURSEMENT.—The qualified child care provider may use the subgrant funds to reimburse the provider for sums obligated or expended before the date of enactment of this Act for the cost of a good or service described in paragraph (1) to respond to the qualifying emergency.

(f) Reporting.—

(1) INITIAL REPORT.—A lead agency receiving a grant under this section shall, within 60 days after making the agency’s first subgrant under subsection (d)(2) to a qualified child care provider, submit a report to the Secretary that includes—

(A) data on qualified child care providers that applied for subgrants and qualified child care providers that received such subgrants, including—

(i) the number of such applicants and the number of such recipients;

(ii) the number and proportion of such applicants and recipients that received priority and the characteristic or characteristics of such applicants and recipients associated with the priority;

(iii) the number and proportion of such applicants and recipients that are—

(I) center-based child care providers;

(II) family child care providers;

(III) group home child care providers; or

(IV) other non-center-based child care providers; and

(iv) within each of the groups listed in clause (iii), the number of such applicants and recipients that are, on the date of submission of the application—

(I) open and available to provide child care services; or

(II) closed due to the qualifying emergency;

(B) the total capacity of child care providers that are licensed, regulated, or registered in the State on the date of the submission of the report;

(C) a description of—

(i) the efforts of the lead agency to publicize the availability of subgrants under this section and conduct widespread outreach to eligible child care providers about such subgrants, including efforts to make materials available in languages other than English;

(ii) the lead agency’s methodology for determining amounts of subgrants under subsection (d)(2);

(iii) the lead agency’s timeline for disbursing the subgrant funds; and

(iv) the lead agency’s plan for ensuring that qualified child care providers that receive funding through such a subgrant comply with assurances described in subsection (d)(2)(D) and use funds in compliance with subsection (e); and

(D) such other limited information as the Secretary may require.

(2) QUARTERLY REPORT.—The lead agency shall, following the submission of such initial report, submit to the Secretary a report that contains the information described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (D) of paragraph (1) once a quarter until all funds allotted for activities authorized under this section are expended.

(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after a lead agency receiving a grant under this section has obligated all of the grant funds (including funds received under subsection (h)), the lead agency shall submit a report to the Secretary, in such manner as the Secretary may require, that includes—

(A) the total number of eligible child care providers who were providing child care services on or before March 1, 2020, in the State and the number of such providers that submitted an application under subsection (d)(2)(D);

(B) the number of qualified child care providers in the State that received funds through the grant;

(C) the lead agency’s methodology for determining amounts of subgrants under subsection (d)(2);

(D) the average and range of the subgrant amounts by provider type (center-based child care, family child care, group home child care, or other non-center-based child care provider);

(E) the percentages, of the child care providers that received such a subgrant, that, on or before March 1, 2020—

(i) provided child care during nontraditional hours;

(ii) served dual language learners, children with disabilities, children experiencing homelessness, children in foster care, children from low-income families, or infants and toddlers;

(iii) served a high percentage of children whose families received subsidies under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) for the child care; and

(iv) operated in localities, including rural localities, with a low supply of child care;

(F) the number of children served by the child care providers that received such a subgrant, for the duration of the subgrant;

(G) the percentages, of the child care providers that received such a subgrant, that are—

(i) center-based child care providers;

(ii) family child care providers;

(iii) group home child care providers; or

(iv) other non-center-based child care providers;

(H) the percentages, of the child care providers listed in subparagraph (G) that are, on the date of submission of the application—

(i) open and available to provide child care services; or

(ii) closed due to the qualifying emergency;

(I) information about how child care providers used the funds received under such a subgrant;

(J) information about how the lead agency used funds reserved under subsection (d)(1); and

(K) information about how the subgrants helped to stabilize the child care sector.

(4) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—

(A) FINDINGS FROM INITIAL REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after receiving all reports required to be submitted under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide a report to the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, summarizing the findings from the reports received under paragraph (1).

(B) FINDINGS FROM FINAL REPORTS.—Not later than 36 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a report to the Committee on Education and Labor and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, summarizing the findings from the reports received under paragraph (3).

(g) Supplement not supplant.—Amounts made available to carry out this section shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public funds expended to provide child care services for eligible individuals, including funds provided under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) and State child care programs.

(h) Reallotment of unobligated funds.—

(1) UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—A State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization that anticipates being unable to obligate all grant funds received under this section by September 30, 2022, shall notify the Secretary, at least 60 days prior to such date, of the amount of funds the entity anticipates being unable to obligate by such date. A State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization shall return to the Secretary any grant funds received under this section that the State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization does not obligate by September 30, 2022.

(2) REALLOTMENT.—The Secretary shall award new allotments and payments, in accordance with subsection (c)(2), to covered States, Indian tribes, or tribal organizations from funds that are returned under paragraph (1) within 60 days of receiving such funds. Funds made available through the new allotments and payments shall remain available to each such covered State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization until September 30, 2023.

(3) COVERED STATE, INDIAN TRIBE, OR TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—For purposes of paragraph (2), a covered State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization is a State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization that received an allotment or payment under this section and was not required to return grant funds under paragraph (1).

(i) Exceptions.—The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.), excluding requirements in subparagraphs (C) through (E) of section 658E(c)(3), section 658G, and section 658J(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3), 9858e, 9858h(c)), shall apply to child care services provided under this section to the extent the application of such Act does not conflict with the provisions of this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization to submit an application, other than the application described in section 658E or 658O(c) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c, 9858m(c)), to receive a grant under this section.

(j) Authorization of appropriations.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not already appropriated, to carry out this section $50,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until expended.

(2) APPLICATION.—In carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 with funds other than the funds appropriated under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall calculate the amounts of appropriated funds described in subsections (a) and (b) of section 658O of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858m) by excluding funds appropriated under paragraph (1).

In addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes, there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, $7,600,000,000, for grants and cooperative agreements under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), and for grants to Federally qualified health centers (as defined in section 1861(aa)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa))) and for eligible entities under the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act (42 U.S.C. 11701 et seq.). Amounts appropriated under this paragraph shall remain available until expended. Subsections (r)(2)(B), (e)(6)(A)(iii), and (e)(6)(B)(iii) of section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254) shall not apply to funds provided under this paragraph.

Section 10503 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:

“(c) Additional enhanced funding; capital projects.—There are hereby appropriated, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the CHC Fund, to be transferred to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for capital projects of the community health center program under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, $2,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.”.

For purposes of carrying out the teaching health centers that operate graduate medical education program under section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h), there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.

Section 1610(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300r(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following paragraphs:

“(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to applicants whose projects will include, by design, cybersecurity against cyber threats.

“(4) AMERICAN IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—As a condition on receipt of a grant under this section for a project, an entity shall ensure that all of the iron and steel products used in the project are produced in the United States.

“(B) APPLICATION.—Subparagraph (A) shall be waived in any case or category of cases in which the Secretary finds that—

“(i) applying subparagraph (A) would be inconsistent with the public interest;

“(ii) iron and steel products are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfactory quality; or

“(iii) inclusion of iron and steel products produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25 percent.

“(C) WAIVER.—If the Secretary receives a request for a waiver under this paragraph, the Secretary shall make available to the public, on an informal basis, a copy of the request and information available to the Secretary concerning the request, and shall allow for informal public input on the request for at least 15 days prior to making a finding based on the request. The Secretary shall make the request and accompanying information available by electronic means, including on the official public internet site of the Department of Health and Human Services.

“(D) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—This paragraph shall be applied in a manner consistent with United States obligations under international agreements.

“(E) MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT.—The Secretary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds appropriated for this section for management and oversight of the requirements of this paragraph.

“(F) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This paragraph does not apply with respect to a project if a State agency approves the engineering plans and specifications for the project, in that agency’s capacity to approve such plans and specifications prior to a project requesting bids, prior to the date of enactment of this paragraph.

“(5) FUNDING.—To carry out this subsection, there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $750,000,000, to remain available until expended.”.

The Indian Health Care Improvement Act is amended by inserting after section 301 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 1631) the following:

(a) In general.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services may award grants to qualified teaching health centers (as defined in section 340H of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h)) and behavioral health care centers (as defined by the Secretary, to include both substance abuse and mental health care facilities) to support the improvement, renovation, or modernization of infrastructure at such centers.

(b) Funding.—To carry out this section, there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended.

(a) Elimination of limitation on eligibility of health centers.—

(1) REPEAL.—Section 399Z–1(f)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280h–5(f)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraph (B).

(2) CONFORMING CHANGE.—Section 399Z–1(f)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280h–5(f)(3)) is amended by striking “Limitations” and all that follows through “Any provider of services” and inserting “Limitation.—Any provider of services”.

(b) Authorization of appropriations.—Section 399Z–1(l) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280h–5(l)) is amended to read as follows:

“(l) Funding.—For purposes of carrying out this section, there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $70,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, to remain available until expended.”.

Subpart II of part C of title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 293m et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(a) In general.—Part D of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296p et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(b) Strengthening nurse education.—The heading of part D of title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296p et seq.) is amended by striking “Basic”.

Section 781 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 295h) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(k) Additional funding.—In addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purpose, to carry out this section, there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended.”.

Section 846 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 297n) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(j) Additional funding.—In addition to amounts otherwise made available to carry out this section, there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $750,000,000, to remain available until expended.”.

In addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purpose, to carry out the programs under title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $250,000,000, to remain available until expended.

In addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purpose, to carry out the programs under title VIII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.), there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $250,000,000, to remain available until expended.

In addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes, there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, $2,500,000,000, for purposes of carrying out the National Health Service Corps program, to remain available until expended.

(a) Treatment of mental health services furnished through telehealth.—Paragraph (7) of section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended—

(1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting “and mental health services” after “disorder services”; and

(2) by inserting “or, on or after the first day after the end of the public health emergency described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), to an eligible telehealth individual for purposes of diagnosis, evaluation, or treatment of a mental health disorder, as determined by the Secretary,” after “as determined by the Secretary,”.

(b) Treatment of certain evaluation and management services furnished through telehealth.—Such section 1834(m), as amended by subsection (a), is amended—

(1) in paragraph (4)(C)—

(A) in clause (i), by striking “and (7)” and inserting “(7), and (9)”; and

(B) in clause (ii)(X), by inserting “or paragraph (9)(A)” before the period; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(9) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES FURNISHED THROUGH TELEHEALTH.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—The geographic requirements described in paragraph 4(C)(i) shall not apply with respect to a telehealth service that is a medical visit that is in the category of HCPCS evaluation and management services for office and other outpatient services and that is furnished on or after the first day after the end of the public health emergency described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), to an eligible telehealth individual by a qualified provider, at an originating site described in paragraph 4(C)(ii) (other than an originating site described in subclause (IX) of such paragraph).

“(B) DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED PROVIDER.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘qualified provider’ means, with respect to a telehealth service described in subparagraph (A) that is furnished to an eligible telehealth individual, a physician or practitioner who—

“(i) furnished to such individual, during the 18-month period ending on the date the telehealth service was furnished, an item or service in person for which—

“(I) payment was made under this title; or

“(II) such payment would have been made if such individual were entitled to, or enrolled for, benefits under this title at the time such item or service was furnished; or

“(ii) is in the same practice (as determined by tax identification number) as a physician or practitioner who furnished such an item or service in person to such individual during such period.”.

(c) Implementation.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may implement the provisions of, or amendments made by, this section by interim final rule, program instruction, or otherwise.

Section 1903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

“(bb) Community-Based mobile crisis intervention services.—

“(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 1902(a)(1) (relating to statewideness), section 1902(a)(10)(B) (relating to comparability), section 1902(a)(23)(A) (relating to freedom of choice of providers), or section 1902(a)(27) (relating to provider agreements), a State may provide medical assistance for qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services under a State plan amendment or waiver approved under section 1115 or 1915(c).

“(2) QUALIFYING COMMUNITY-BASED MOBILE CRISIS INTERVENTION SERVICES DEFINED.—For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services’ means, with respect to a State, items and services for which medical assistance is available under the State plan under this title or a waiver of such plan, that are—

“(A) furnished to an individual who is—

“(i) outside of a hospital or other facility setting; and

“(ii) experiencing a mental health or substance use disorder crisis;

“(B) furnished by a multidisciplinary mobile crisis team—

“(i) that includes at least 1 behavioral health care professional who is capable of conducting an assessment of the individual, in accordance with the professional's permitted scope of practice under State law, and other professionals or paraprofessionals with appropriate expertise in behavioral health or mental health crisis response, including nurses, social workers, peer support specialists, and others, as designated by the State and approved by the Secretary;

“(ii) whose members are trained in trauma-informed care, de-escalation strategies, and harm reduction;

“(iii) that is able to respond in a timely manner and, where appropriate, provides—

“(I) screening and assessment;

“(II) stabilization and de-escalation;

“(III) coordination with, and referrals to, health, social, and other services and supports as needed; and

“(IV) provision or coordination of transportation to the next step in care or treatment;

“(iv) that maintains relationships with relevant community partners, including medical and behavioral health providers, community health centers, crisis respite centers, managed care organizations (if applicable), entities able to provide assistance with application and enrollment in the State plan or a waiver of the plan, entitles able to provide assistance with applying for and enrolling in benefit programs, entities that provide assistance with housing (such as public housing authorities, Continuum of Care programs, or not-for-profit entities that provide housing assistance), and entities that provide assistance with other social services;

“(v) that coordinates with crisis intervention hotlines and emergency response systems;

“(vi) that maintains the privacy and confidentiality of patient information consistent with Federal and State requirements; and

“(vii) that operates independently from (but may coordinate with) State or local law enforcement agencies;

“(C) available 24 hours per day, every day of the year; and

“(D) voluntary to receive.

“(3) PAYMENTS.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 1905(b), beginning January 1, 2021, during each of the first 12 fiscal quarters that a State meets the requirements described in paragraph (4), the Federal medical assistance percentage applicable to amounts expended by the State for medical assistance for qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services furnished during such quarter shall be equal to 95 percent.

“(B) EXCLUSION OF ENHANCED PAYMENTS FROM TERRITORIAL CAPS.—To the extent that the amount of a payment to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or American Samoa for medical assistance for qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services that is based on the Federal medical assistance percentage specified in subparagraph (A) exceeds the amount that would have been paid to such territory for such services if the Federal medical assistance percentage for the territory had been determined without regard to such subparagraph—

“(i) the limitation on payments to territories under subsections (f) and (g) of section 1108 shall not apply to the amount of such excess; and

“(ii) the amount of such excess shall be disregarded in applying such subsections.

“(4) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements described in this paragraph are the following:

“(A) The State demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the Secretary—

“(i) that it will be able to support the provision of qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services that meet the conditions specified in paragraph (2); and

“(ii) how it will support coordination between mobile crisis teams and community partners, including health care providers, to enable the provision of services, needed referrals, and other activities identified by the Secretary.

“(B) The State provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that—

“(i) any additional Federal funds received by the State for qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services provided under this subsection that are attributable to the increased Federal medical assistance percentage under paragraph (3)(A) will be used to supplement, and not supplant, the level of State funds expended for such services for fiscal year 2019;

“(ii) if the State made qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services available in a region of the State in fiscal year 2019, the State will continue to make such services available in such region under this subsection at the same level that the State made such services available in such fiscal year; and

“(iii) the State will conduct the evaluation and assessment, and submit the report, required under paragraph (5).

“(5) STATE EVALUATION AND REPORT.—

“(A) STATE EVALUATION.—Not later than 4 fiscal quarters after a State begins providing qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services in accordance with this subsection, the State shall enter into a contract with an independent entity or organization to conduct an evaluation for the purposes of—

“(i) determining the effect of the provision of such services on—

“(I) emergency room visits;

“(II) use of ambulatory services;

“(III) hospitalizations;

“(IV) the involvement of law enforcement in mental health or substance use disorder crisis events;

“(V) the diversion of individuals from jails or similar settings; and

“(ii) assessing—

“(I) the types of services provided to individuals;

“(II) the types of events responded to;

“(III) cost savings or cost-effectiveness attributable to such services;

“(IV) the experiences of individuals who receive qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services;

“(V) the successful connection of individuals with follow-up services; and

“(VI) other relevant outcomes identified by the Secretary.

“(B) COMPARISON TO HISTORICAL MEASURES.—The contract described in subparagraph (A) shall specify that the evaluation is based on a comparison of the historical measures of State performance with respect to the outcomes specified under such subparagraph to the State's performance with respect to such outcomes during the period beginning with the first quarter in which the State begins providing qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services in accordance with this subsection.

“(C) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after a State begins to provide qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services in accordance with this subsection, the State shall submit a report to the Secretary on the following:

“(i) The results of the evaluation carried out under subparagraph (A).

“(ii) The number of individuals who received qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services.

“(iii) Demographic information regarding such individuals when available, including the race or ethnicity, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, and geographic location of such individuals.

“(iv) The processes and models developed by the State to provide qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services under such the State plan or waiver, including the processes developed to provide referrals for, or coordination with, follow-up care and services.

“(v) Lessons learned regarding the provision of such services.

“(D) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The State shall make the report required under subparagraph (C) publicly available, including on the website of the appropriate State agency, upon submission of such report to the Secretary.

“(6) BEST PRACTICES REPORT.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the first State begins to provide qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services in accordance with this subsection, the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that—

“(i) identifies the States that elected to provide services in accordance with this subsection;

“(ii) summarizes the information reported by such States under paragraph (5)(C); and

“(iii) identifies best practices for the effective delivery of community-based mobile crisis intervention services.

“(B) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The report required under subparagraph (A) shall be made publicly available, including on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services, upon submission to Congress.

“(7) STATE PLANNING AND EVALUATION GRANTS.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary may award planning and evaluation grants to States for purposes of developing a State plan amendment or section 1115 or 1915(c) waiver request (or an amendment to such a waiver) to provide qualifying community-based mobile crisis intervention services and conducting the evaluation required under paragraph (5)(A). A grant awarded to a State under this paragraph shall remain available until expended.

“(B) STATE CONTRIBUTION.—A State awarded a grant under this subsection shall contribute for each fiscal year for which the grant is awarded an amount equal to the State percentage determined under section 1905(b) (without regard to the temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage of the State under section 6008(a) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116–127) or any other temporary increase in the Federal medical assistance percentage of the State for fiscal year 2020 or any succeeding fiscal year) of the grant amount.

“(8) FUNDING.—

“(A) IMPLEMENTATION AND ADMINISTRATION.—There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary for purposes of implementing and administering this section.

“(B) PLANNING AND EVALUATION GRANTS.—There is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $25,000,000 to the Secretary for fiscal year 2021 for purposes of making grants under paragraph (7), to remain available until expended.”.

(a) In general.—Section 223(d) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (3), by striking “December 11, 2020” and inserting “December 31, 2022”; and

(2) in paragraph (8)—

(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking “to participate in 2-year demonstration programs that meet the requirements of this subsection” and inserting “to conduct demonstration programs under this subsection for 2 years or through the date specified in paragraph (3), whichever is longer”;

(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); and

(C) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:

“(B) OTHER NEW PROGRAMS.—In addition to the 8 States selected under paragraph (1) and the 2 States selected under subparagraph (A), not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of the Economic Justice Act, the Secretary shall select 9 additional States to conduct demonstration programs under this subsection for 2 years or through the date specified in paragraph (3), whichever is longer.

“(C) SELECTION OF STATES.—

“(i) INITIAL ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS.—In selecting States under subparagraph (A), the Secretary—

“(I) shall select States that—

“(aa) were awarded planning grants under subsection (c); and

“(bb) applied to participate in the demonstration programs under this subsection under paragraph (1) but, as of March 27, 2020, were not selected to participate under paragraph (1); and

“(II) shall use the results of the Secretary’s evaluation of each State’s application under paragraph (1) to determine which States to select, and shall not require the submission of any additional application.

“(ii) OTHER NEW PROGRAMS.—Clause (i) shall apply to the selection of States under subparagraph (B), except that, for purposes of applying that clause to the selection of States under such subparagraph, the Secretary shall substitute “as of the date of enactment of the Economic Justice Act, were not selected to participate under paragraph (1) or under this paragraph” for ‘as of March 27, 2020, were not selected to participate under paragraph (1)’.”.

(b) Funding for the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grant Program.—For purposes of carrying out the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grant Program of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $600,000,000, to remain available until expended.

Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended by inserting after section 330M (42 U.S.C. 254c–19) the following:

For purposes of carrying out title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–11 et seq.), there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended.

Section 1920 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–9) is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:

“(b) Additional amounts for community mental health services.—In addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes, for purposes of carrying out this subpart, subpart III with respect to mental health, and section 515(c), there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $700,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, to remain available until expended.”.

Section 1935 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–35) is amended—

(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and

(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:

“(b) Additional amounts for substance abuse prevention and treatment.—In addition to amounts otherwise made available for such purposes, for purposes of carrying out this subpart, subpart III with respect to substance abuse, section 505(d), and section 515(d), there are hereby appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, to remain available until expended.”.

(a) WIOA definitions and requirements.—Except as otherwise provided, in this subtitle, other than chapter 5—

(1) the terms have the meanings given the terms in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102); and

(2) an allotment, allocation, or other provision of funds made in accordance with a provision of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) shall be made in compliance with the applicable requirements of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), including the applicable requirements of section 182(e) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3242(e)) unless otherwise provided for in this title.

(b) Other definitions.—In this subtitle:

(1) APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITY; APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.—The terms “apprenticeship opportunity” and “apprenticeship program” mean an opportunity in an apprenticeship program, and an apprenticeship program, that is registered by the Office of Apprenticeship or a State apprenticeship agency under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the “National Apprenticeship Act”) (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), including, as in effect on December 30, 2019, any requirement, standard, or rule promulgated under that Act.

(2) CORONAVIRUS.—The term “coronavirus” means coronavirus as defined in section 506 of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–123).

(3) COVID–19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY.—The term “COVID–19 national emergency” means the national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on March 13, 2020, with respect to the coronavirus.

(4) SECRETARY.—The term “Secretary”—

(A) as such term is used in chapters 1 through 4, and chapters 6 and 7, means the Secretary of Labor; and

(B) as such term is used in chapter 5, means the Secretary of Education.

(c) Rule.—If funds awarded under this subtitle, including all funds awarded for the purposes of grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, or the development, implementation, or administration of apprenticeship programs (or apprenticeship opportunities), are used to fund apprenticeship programs (or apprenticeship opportunities), those funds shall only be provided to apprenticeship programs (or opportunities in apprenticeship programs) that meet the definition of an apprenticeship program under subsection (b).

(a) Funds for adults and dislocated workers.—With respect to funds appropriated under section 3113(d) or 3115(c) and allotted to a State under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151 et seq.) for adult or dislocated worker workforce development activities, allocated to a local area for adult workforce development activities in accordance with paragraph (2)(A) or paragraph (3) of section 133(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(b)), or allocated to a local area for dislocated worker workforce development activities in accordance with section 133(b)(2)(B) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(b)(B)), the following shall apply:

(1) ELIGIBILITY OF ADULTS AND DISLOCATED WORKERS.—To be eligible to receive services through those funds, an adult or dislocated worker—

(A) shall not be required to meet the requirements of section 134(c)(3)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)(B)); and

(B) may include, as determined by the Governor or local board involved, an individual described in section 2102(a)(3)(A) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(a)(3)(A)) who, for the purposes of this section, may be considered by the Governor or board to be an adult or a dislocated worker.

(2) INDIVIDUALIZED CAREER SERVICES.—Such funds may be used to provide individualized career services described in section 134(c)(2)(A)(xii) of the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(2)(A)(xii)) to any such eligible adult and dislocated worker.

(3) INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING.—In a case in which the local board for such local area provides to the Secretary an assurance that the local area will use such allocated funds (allocated for adult or dislocated worker activities) to provide the work support activities designed to assist low-wage workers in retaining and enhancing employment in accordance with section 134(d)(1)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(1)(B)), such local board may—

(A) use not more than 40 percent of such allocated funds for a training program for incumbent workers described in section 134(d)(4)(A)(i) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(4)(A)(i)) (for such low-wage workers who are incumbent workers); and

(B) consider the economic impact of the COVID–19 national emergency to the employer or participants of such program in determining an employer’s eligibility under section 134(d)(4)(A)(ii) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(4)(A)(ii))) for the Federal share of the cost of such program.

(4) TRANSITIONAL JOBS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The local board for such local area may use not more than 40 percent of such allocated funds to provide transitional jobs in accordance with section 134(d)(5) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(d)(5)).

(B) CLARIFICATION.—Section 194(10) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3254(10)) shall not apply with respect to the funds used under this paragraph.

(5) ON-THE-JOB TRAINING.—The Governor for the State or the local board for such area may take into account the impact of the COVID–19 national emergency as a factor in determining whether to increase the amount of a reimbursement to an amount up to 75 percent of the wage rate of a participant in accordance with 134(c)(3)(H) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)(H)).

(6) CUSTOMIZED TRAINING.—The Governor for the State or local board for such area may take into account the impact of the COVID–19 national emergency as a factor in determining the portion of the cost of training an employer shall provide in accordance with section 3(14) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(14)).

(b) Youth.—With respect to funds appropriated under section 3114(d) and allotted or allocated under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151 et seq.) for the activities described in chapter 2 of subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3161 et seq.) for out-of-school youth and in-school youth (as such terms are defined in section 129(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1))), the Governor or local board involved may determine that—

(1) in the case of an individual described in section 2102(a)(3)(A) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (15 U.S.C. 9021(a)(3)(A)) who meets the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 129(a)(1)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)(B)), such individual meets the definition of an out-of-school youth in such section 129(a)(1)(B); and

(2) in the case of an individual described in section 2102(a)(3)(A) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act who meets the requirements of clauses (i) through (iii) of section 129(a)(1)(C) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)(1)(C)), such individual meets the definition of an in-school youth in such section 129(a)(1)(C).

(c) Governor’s reserve.—With respect to funds appropriated under section 3113(d), 3114(d), or 3115(c) and allotted under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act to a State in accordance with section 127(b)(1)(C) and paragraphs (1)(B) and (2)(B) of section 132(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3162(b)(1)(C); 3172(b)), the Governor—

(1) shall make the reservations under sections 128(a) and 133(a)(1) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3163(a); 3173(a)(1)) and use the reserved funds for statewide activities described in section 129(b) or paragraph (2)(B) or (3) of section 134(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(b); 3174(a)) related to the COVID–19 national emergency; and

(2) may make a reservation (in addition to the reservations described in paragraph (1)) of not more than 10 percent for activities related to responding to the COVID–19 national emergency if such reserved funds are used for activities benefitting the local areas within such State most impacted by the COVID–19 national emergency, which activities may include providing—

(A) training for health care workers, public health workers, personal care attendants, direct service providers, home health workers, and frontline workers;

(B) resources to support, or allow for and provide access to, online services, including counseling, case management, and employment retention services, and training delivery by local boards, one-stop centers, one-stop operators, or eligible training services providers; or

(C) additional resources to such local areas to provide career services and supportive services for eligible individuals.

(d) State workforce COVID–19 recovery plan.—Not later than 60 days after a State receives funds appropriated under section 3113(d), 3114(d), or 3115(c), the Governor shall submit to the Secretary, as a supplement to the State plan submitted under section 102(a) or 103(a) of the Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112(a); 3113(a)), a workforce plan that responds to the COVID–19 national emergency.

(a) Grants authorized.—From the funds appropriated under subsection (e), the Secretary shall award, in accordance with section 170 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3225), national dislocated worker grants to the entities that meet the requirements for the grants under such section to carry out the activities described in such section and in subsection (d) of this section.

(b) Plan.—The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, a plan for awarding of grants under this section.

(c) Timing.—Subject to the availability of appropriations to carry out this section, not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall use not less than 50 percent of the funds appropriated under subsection (e) to award grants under this section.

(d) Uses of funds.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than half of the funds appropriated under subsection (e) shall be used to award grants under this section to carry out this subsection, by responding to the COVID–19 national emergency as described in paragraph (2).

(2) RESPONSE TO COVID–19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY.—Such a grant to respond to the COVID–19 national emergency shall be used to provide activities that include each of the following:

(A) Training and temporary employment to respond to the COVID–19 national emergency, ensuring any training or employment under this subparagraph provides participants with adequate and safe equipment, environments, and facilities for training and supervision, including positions or assignments—

(i) as personal care attendants, direct service providers, or home health workers providing direct care and home health services, including delivering medicine, food, or other supplies, for—

(I) older individuals, individuals with disabilities, and other individuals with respiratory conditions or other underlying health conditions; or

(II) individuals in urban, rural, or suburban local areas with excess poverty;

(ii) in health care and health care support positions responding to the COVID–19 national emergency;

(iii) to support State, local, or tribal health departments; or

(iv) in a sector directly responding to the COVID–19 national emergency such as childcare, food retail, public service, manufacturing, or transportation.

(B) Activities responding to layoffs of 50 or more individuals laid off by one employer, or layoffs that significantly increase unemployment in a community, as a result of the COVID–19 national emergency, such as layoffs in the hospitality, transportation, manufacturing, or retail industry sectors or occupations.

(e) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.

(a) Distribution of funds.—

(1) STATES.—From the amounts appropriated under subsection (d), the Secretary shall make allotments to States in accordance with section 132(b)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3172(b)(2)).

(2) LOCAL AREAS.—Not later than 30 days after a State receives an allotment under paragraph (1), the State shall use the allotted funds—

(A) to make the reservations required under section 133(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(a)), which reserved funds may be used for statewide activities described in section 134(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(a)) related to the COVID–19 national emergency and the activities described in subsection (c); and

(B) to allocate the remaining funds to local areas in accordance with section 133(b)(2)(B) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(b)(2)(B)), which funds may be used for activities described in section 134 (other than section 134(a)) of such Act.

(b) Required uses.—Each State, in coordination with local areas to the extent described in subsection (c), shall use the funds received under this section to engage in the dislocated worker response activities described in sections 133(b)(2)(B) and 134 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(b)(2)(B); 3174), and the activities described in subsection (c), to support layoff aversion and provide necessary supports to eligible adults (at risk of dislocation) and dislocated workers and to employers facing layoffs, due to the impacts of the COVID–19 national emergency.

(c) COVID–19 dislocated worker emergency response.—The dislocated worker response activities described in this subsection shall include each of the following activities carried out by a State, in coordination with local areas impacted by the COVID–19 national emergency (including local areas in which layoffs, suspensions, or reductions of employment have occurred or have the potential to occur as a result of the COVID–19 national emergency):

(1) The rapid response activities described in section 134(a)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(a)(2)(A)), including the layoff aversion activities described in section 682.320 of subtitle 20, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act) to engage employers and adults (at risk of dislocation).

(2) Coordination of projects, for eligible adults (at risk of dislocation) and dislocated workers impacted by layoffs, suspensions, or reductions in employment as a result of the COVID–19 national emergency, targeted at immediate reemployment, career navigation services, supportive services, career services, training for in-demand industry sectors and occupations, provision of information on in-demand and declining industries and information on employers who have a demonstrated history of providing equitable benefits and compensation and safe working conditions, access to technology and online skills training including digital literacy skills training, and other layoff support or further layoff aversion strategies through employment and training activities.

(3) A prioritization or coordination of employment and training activities, including supportive services and career pathways, that—

(A) prepare eligible adults (at risk of dislocation) and dislocated workers to participate in short-term employment to meet the demands for health care workers, public health workers, personal care attendants, direct service providers, home health workers, and frontline workers responding to the COVID–19 national emergency, including frontline workers in the transportation, information technology, service, manufacturing, food service, maintenance, and cleaning sectors;

(B) allow such individuals to maintain eligibility for career services and training services through the period in which such individuals are in short-term employment to respond to the COVID–19 national emergency, and in the period immediately following the conclusion of the short-term employment, to support transitions into further training or employment; and

(C) provide participants with adequate and safe equipment, environments, and facilities for training and supervision.

(d) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities described in this section, and subsections (a), (c), and (d) of section 3111, $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.

(a) Distribution of funds.—

(1) STATES.—From the amounts appropriated under subsection (d), the Secretary shall make allotments to States in accordance with section 127(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3162(b)).

(2) LOCAL AREAS.—Not later than 30 days after a State receives an allotment under paragraph (1), the State shall use the allotted funds—

(A) to make the reservations required under 128(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3163(a)), which reserved funds may be used for statewide activities described in section 129(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164(a)) related to the COVID–19 national emergency and the activities described in subsection (b); and

(B) to allocate the remaining funds to local areas in accordance with section 128(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3163(b)), which funds may be used for the activities described in subsection (b).

(b) Uses of funds.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—In using the funds received under this section, each State and local area shall prioritize providing services described in paragraph (2)(A) for youth impacted by diminished labor market opportunities for summer jobs or year-round employment due to the economic impacts of the COVID–19 national emergency.

(2) YOUTH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES.—

(A) EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR AT-RISK YOUTH.—Each State and local area receiving funds under this section shall use not less than 50 percent of such funds to support summer and year-round youth employment opportunities for in-school and out-of-school youth—

(i) with a priority for out-of-school youth and youth with multiple barriers to employment; and

(ii) which shall include support for employer partnerships for youth employment and subsidized youth employment, and partnerships with community-based organizations to support such employment opportunities.

(B) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—Any amount of the funds so received that is not used to carry out the activities described in subparagraph (A) shall be used by States and local areas for carrying out the activities described in subsections (b) and (c), respectively, of section 129 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3164), and for the purposes of—

(i) supporting in-school and out-of-school youth to connect to education and career pathways;

(ii) establishing or expanding partnerships with community-based organizations to develop or expand work experience opportunities through which youth can develop skills and competencies to secure and maintain employment, including opportunities with supports for activities like peer mentoring;

(iii) providing subsidized employment, internships, work-based learning, and youth apprenticeship opportunities;

(iv) providing work readiness training activities and educational programs aligned to career pathways that support credential attainment and the development of employability skills;

(v) engaging or establishing industry or sector partnerships to determine job needs and available opportunities for youth employment;

(vi) conducting outreach to youth and employers;

(vii) providing coaching, navigation, and mentoring services for participating youth, including career exploration, career counseling, career planning, and college planning services for participating youth;

(viii) providing coaching, navigation, and mentoring services for employers on how to successfully employ participating youth in meaningful work;

(ix) providing services to youth, to enable participation in a program of youth activities, which services may include supportive services, access to technological devices and access to other supports needed to access online services, and followup services for not less than 12 months after the completion of participation, as appropriate; and

(x) coordinating activities under this section with State and local educational agencies to adjust for revised academic calendars in response to the COVID–19 national emergency.

(c) General provisions.—A State or local area using funds under this section for youth summer or year-round employment shall require that not less than 25 percent of the wages of each eligible youth participating in such employment be paid by the employer, except that such requirement may waived for an employer facing financial hardship due to the COVID–19 national emergency.

(d) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities described in this section, and subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 3111, $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.

(a) Distribution of funds.—

(1) STATES.—From the amounts appropriated under subsection (c), the Secretary shall make allotments to States in accordance with section 132(b)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3172(b)(1)).

(2) LOCAL AREAS.—Not later than 30 days after a State receives an allotment under paragraph (1), the State shall use the allotted funds—

(A) to make the reservations required under section 133(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(a)), which reserved funds may be used for statewide activities described in section 134(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(a)) related to the COVID–19 national emergency; and

(B) to allocate the remaining funds to local areas in accordance with paragraph (2)(A) or (3) of section 133(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(b)).

(b) Uses of funds.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State and local area receiving funds under this section shall use the funds to engage in the adult employment and training activities described in section 134 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174) to provide necessary supports and services to eligible adults who are adversely impacted by the COVID–19 national emergency, including to individuals who are underemployed or most at risk of unemployment, and shall coordinate the adult employment and training services with employers facing economic hardship or employment challenges due to economic impacts of the COVID–19 national emergency.

(2) COVID–19 ADULT EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES.—

(A) SERVICES TO SUPPORT EMPLOYERS IMPACTED BY THE COVID–19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY.—Of the funds allocated to a local area under subsection (a)(2)(B), not less than one-third shall be used for providing services to eligible adults to support employers impacted by the COVID–19 national emergency, including incumbent worker training, on-the-job training, and customized training activities, and activities supporting employee retention for employers, prioritizing those employers facing economic hardship or employment challenges as a result of the COVID–19 national emergency.

(B) UNDEREMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYMENT SUPPORTS.—Of the funds allocated to a local area and not used for activities under subparagraph (A), such funds shall be used to provide the services and supports described in section 134 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174) for eligible adults who are workers facing underemployment, individuals seeking work, or dislocated workers, prioritizing individuals with barriers to employment or eligible adults who are adversely impacted by economic changes within their communities due to the COVID–19 national emergency, including providing—

(i) work-based learning opportunities including paid internships, paid work experience opportunities, transitional jobs, or opportunities in apprenticeship programs;

(ii) career navigation supports to encourage and enable workers to find new career pathways to in-demand industry sectors and occupations and the necessary training to support those career pathways, or workplace learning advisors to support incumbent workers;

(iii) training for in-demand industry sectors and occupations, including for digital literacy needed for such industry sectors and occupations;

(iv) virtual services and virtual employment and training activities, including providing appropriate accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.); and

(v) supportive services and individualized career services.

(c) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section and subsections (a), (c), and (d) of section 3111, $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.

(a) In general.—From the funds appropriated under subsection (c), the Secretary shall—

(1) reserve not less than $100,000,000 for workforce information systems improvements, including for related electronic tools and system building, and for the activities described in subsection (b)(1); and

(2) use the remaining funds to make allotments in accordance with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49e) to States, which for purposes of this section shall include the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa, for—

(A) the activities described in subsection (b)(2) of this section; and

(B) the activities described in section 15 of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49l–2).

(b) Uses of funds.—

(1) RESERVATION USES OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall use the funds reserved under subsection (a)(1) for—

(A) workforce information grants to States for the development of labor market insights and evidence on the State and local impacts of the COVID–19 national emergency and on promising reemployment strategies, and to improve access to tools and equipment for virtual products and service delivery;

(B) the Workforce Information Technology Support Center, to facilitate voluntary State participation in multi-State data collaboratives that develop real-time State and local labor market insights on the impacts of the COVID–19 national emergency and evidence to promote more rapid reemployment and economic mobility, using cross-State and cross-agency administrative data; and

(C) improvements in short- and long-term State and local occupational and employment projections to facilitate reemployment, economic mobility, and economic development strategies.

(2) STATE USES OF FUNDS.—A State shall use an allotment received under subsection (a)(2) to—

(A) provide additional resources for supporting employment service personnel employed on a merit system in providing reemployment services for unemployed and underemployed workers impacted by the COVID–19 national emergency;

(B) provide assistance for individuals impacted by the COVID–19 national emergency, including individuals receiving unemployment benefits or seeking employment as a result of the emergency (which provision of assistance shall include providing for services such as reemployment services, job search assistance, and job matching services based on the experience of individuals, and providing individualized career services for all such individuals); and

(C) provide services for employers impacted by the COVID–19 national emergency, which shall include services for employers dealing with labor force changes as a result of such emergency.

(c) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the activities described in this section $1,700,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.

(a) Funding for job corps during the COVID–19 national emergency.—From the funds appropriated under subsection (c), the Secretary—

(1) shall provide funds to each entity with which the Secretary has entered into an agreement under section 147(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3197(a)(1)) to—

(A) during the COVID–19 national emergency—

(i) carry out the activities described in section 148(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3198(a)); and

(ii) provide the child care described in section 148(e) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3198(e)); and

(B) retain existing capacity (existing as of June 1, 2019) of each Job Corps center, including retaining the existing residential capacity, during and after the COVID–19 national emergency, and increase staffing and student capacity and resources related to section 145 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3195) to provide for full on-board strength after such emergency; and

(C) during the 12-month period after the COVID–19 national emergency, carry out the graduate services described in section 148(d) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3198(d)) for any individual who has graduated from Job Corps during the 3-month period after such emergency; and

(2) may—

(A) provide up to 15 percent of the funds provided to the entity to meet the operational needs of the Job Corps center (which may include the cleaning, sanitation, and necessary improvements of the center related to COVID–19);

(B) support—

(i) activities providing the relationship to opportunities, and links to employment opportunities described in paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 148(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3198(a));

(ii) to the greatest extent practicable, the career and technical education and training described in section 148(b) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3198(b)) through virtual or remote means for any period while Job Corps enrollees are away from their centers during the COVID–19 national emergency, including by providing necessary technology resources to enrollees during that period; and

(iii) other activities described in section 148 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3198);

(C) provide for costs related to infrastructure projects, including technology modernization needed to provide for virtual and remote learning; and

(D) provide for payment of Job Corps stipends, including emergency Job Corps stipends, and facilitate such payments through means such as debit cards with no usage fees, and provide for corresponding financial literacy.

(b) Flexibility.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to provide for the successful continuity of services and enrollment periods during the COVID–19 national emergency, additional flexibility shall be provided for Job Corps enrollees, operators, and providers of activities, including flexibility described in paragraphs (2) through (6).

(2) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding the age requirements for enrollment under section 144(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3194(a)(1)), an individual seeking to enroll in the Job Corps and who will turn 25 during the COVID–19 national emergency is eligible for such enrollment.

(3) ENROLLMENT LENGTH.—Notwithstanding section 146(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3196(b)), an individual enrolled in the Job Corps during the COVID–19 national emergency may extend the individual's period of enrollment for more than 2 years, as long as such extension does not exceed a 2-year, continuous period of enrollment after the COVID–19 national emergency.

(4) ADVANCED CAREER TRAINING PROGRAMS.—With respect to advanced career training programs under section 148(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3198(c)), in which the enrollees may continue to participate for a period not to exceed 1 year in addition to the period of participation to which the enrollees would otherwise be limited, the COVID–19 national emergency shall not be considered as any portion of such additional 1-year participation period.

(5) COUNSELING, JOB PLACEMENT, AND ASSESSMENT.—The counseling, job placement services, and assessment described in section 149 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3199) shall be available to former enrollees—

(A) whose enrollment was interrupted due to the COVID–19 national emergency; or

(B) who graduated from Job Corps not earlier than January 1, 2020, but not later than 3 months after the COVID–19 national emergency.

(6) SUPPORT.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide additional support for the transition periods described in section 150(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3200(c)), including support described in subparagraphs (B) and (C).

(B) TRANSITION ALLOWANCES.—The Secretary shall provide for additional transition allowances as described in subsection (b) of such section for Job Corps graduates who have graduated in 2020 and shall provide those allowances during the period that begins on the first day of the COVID–19 national emergency and ends 3 months after the conclusion of the emergency.

(C) TRANSITION SUPPORT.—The Secretary shall consider the period described in subparagraph (B) as the period in which the employment services described in subsection (c) of such section shall be provided to graduates who have graduated in 2020.

(c) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.

(a) Competitive grant awards.—As a result of challenges faced due to the COVID–19 national emergency, the Secretary may extend, by 1 fiscal year, the 4-year period for grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements that will be awarded in fiscal year 2021 under subsection (c) of section 166 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221). Funds under such grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements shall be used to carry out the activities described in subsection (d) of such section 166 through fiscal year 2025.

(b) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section and activities as described in section 166 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3221) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2025.

(a) Competitive grant awards.—As a result of challenges faced due to the COVID–19 national emergency, the Secretary may extend, by 1 fiscal year, the 4-year period for grants and contracts that will be awarded in fiscal year 2021 under subsection (a) of section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3222). Funds under such grants and contracts shall be used to carry out the activities described in subsection (d) of such section 167 through fiscal year 2025.

(b) Eligible migrant and seasonal farmworker.—Notwithstanding the low-income requirement in the definition of “eligible seasonal farmworker” in section 167(i)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3222(i)(3)), an individual seeking to enroll in a program funded under section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3222) during the COVID–19 national emergency is eligible for such enrollment if such individual is a member of a family with a total family income equal to or less than 150 percent of the poverty line.

(c) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section and activities as described in section 167 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3222) $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.

(a) In general.—In order to provide for the successful continuity of services and enrollment periods during the COVID–19 national emergency, the Secretary shall—

(1) make available, from 20 percent of the funds appropriated under subsection (c), assistance to entities carrying out YouthBuild programs operating during the COVID–19 national emergency and, for the assistance made available to such an entity—

(A) the assistance may be used for carrying out the activities under section 171(c)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226(c)(2)); and

(B) notwithstanding section 171(c)(2)(D) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226(c)(2)(D)), a portion equal to not more than 20 percent of the assistance may be used for the administrative costs of carrying out activities under section 171(c)(2) of such Act, but all of such portion shall be used for such administrative costs related to responding to the COVID–19 national emergency;

(2) after using funds in accordance with paragraph (1), use 80 percent of the funds appropriated under subsection (c) to—

(A) reserve and use funds in accordance with section 171(g)(2)(B) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3226(g)(2)(B)); and

(B) award grants in accordance with section 171(c) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3226(c)), which may be awarded as supplemental awards, to eligible entities that received grants under such section 171(c) for program year 2019 or 2020; and

(3) provide for the flexibility described in subsection (b) for YouthBuild participants and entities carrying out YouthBuild programs.

(b) Flexibility.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—During the COVID–19 national emergency, the Secretary shall provide for flexibility for YouthBuild participants and entities carrying out YouthBuild programs, including flexibility described in paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding the age requirements for enrollment under section 171(e)(1)(A)(i) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226(e)(1)(A)(i)), an individual seeking to participate in a YouthBuild program and who will turn 25 during the COVID–19 national emergency is eligible for such participation.

(3) PARTICIPATION LENGTH.—Notwithstanding section 171(e)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3226(e)(2)), the period of participation in a YouthBuild program may extend for more than 24 months for an individual participating in such program during the COVID–19 national emergency, as long as such extension does not exceed a 24-month, continuous period of enrollment after the COVID–19 national emergency.

(c) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.

(a) In general.—The Secretary shall—

(1) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, announce an opportunity to receive funds in accordance with section 169(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3224(b)) for the activities described in subsection (b) of this section; and

(2) from the funds appropriated under subsection (c), not later than 45 days after the date on which an entity submits an application that meets the requirements of the Secretary under this section, award funds under this section to such entity.

(b) Use of funds.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Funds under this section shall be used to support reentry employment opportunities for justice system-involved youth or young adults, formerly incarcerated adults, and former offenders, during and following the COVID–19 national emergency, with priority given to providing for subsidized employment and transitional jobs, and creating stronger alignment between the opportunities and the workforce development system and participant supports under subtitle B of title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3151 et seq.).

(2) GRANTS FOR INTERMEDIARIES.—

(A) RESERVATION.—Of the amount appropriated under subsection (c), the Secretary shall reserve $87,500,000 for grants under this paragraph.

(B) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall make grants, on a competitive basis, to national and regional intermediaries for reentry employment opportunities described in paragraph (1) that prepare young, formerly incarcerated individuals described in paragraph (1), including such individuals who have dropped out of school or other educational programs. In making the grants, the Secretary shall give priority to intermediaries proposing projects serving high-crime, high-poverty areas.

(c) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $350,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.

(a) In general.—From the funds appropriated under subsection (c), the Secretary shall award grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements to eligible entities on a competitive basis to create or expand apprenticeship programs, which shall include pre-apprenticeship programs and youth apprenticeship programs.

(b) Use of funds.—In making awards under subsection (a), the Secretary shall ensure that—

(1) not less than 50 percent of the funds appropriated under subsection (c) shall be awarded to States in accordance with the award information described in the Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration Training and Employment Guidance Letter No. 17–18 issued on May 3, 2019;

(2) the remaining funds appropriated under subsection (c) after funds are awarded under paragraph (1) shall be used for supporting national industry and equity intermediaries, and local intermediaries; and

(3) funds awarded under this section shall be used for creating or expanding opportunities in apprenticeship programs, including opportunities in pre-apprenticeship programs and youth apprenticeship programs, and activities including—

(A) providing supportive services;

(B) using recruitment and retention strategies for program participants with a priority for recruiting and retaining, for programs, a high number or high percentage of individuals with barriers to employment and individuals from populations traditionally underrepresented in apprenticeship programs;

(C) expanding apprenticeship opportunities in high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors and occupations;

(D) paying for costs associated with related instruction, or wages while participating in related instruction;

(E) improving educational alignment; and

(F) encouraging employer participation.

(c) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.

In this chapter, the terms “adult education”, “adult education and literacy activities”, “eligible agency”, “eligible provider”, and “integrated education and training” have the meanings given the terms in section 203 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3272).

During the COVID–19 national emergency, an eligible agency may use funds available to such agency under paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 222(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (20 U.S.C. 3302(a)), for the administrative expenses of the eligible agency related to transitions to online service delivery of adult education and literacy activities.

(a) Reservation of funds; grants to eligible agencies.—From the amounts appropriated under subsection (c), the Secretary shall—

(1) reserve and use funds in accordance with section 211(a) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3291); and

(2) award grants to eligible agencies in accordance with section 211(b) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3291), ensuring that not less than 10 percent of the total funds awarded through those grants shall be used to provide adult education and literacy activities in correctional facilities.

(b) Uses of funds.—Each eligible agency or eligible provider shall use the funds received through subsection (a)(2) to expand the capacity of adult education providers to prioritize serving adults with low literacy or numeracy levels negatively impacted by the economic consequences of the COVID–19 national emergency, which may include—

(1) expanding the infrastructure needed for the provision of services and educational resources online or through digital means, including the provision of technology or internet access to students and instructional staff to enable virtual or distance learning;

(2) creating or expanding digital literacy curricula and resources, including professional development activities to aid instructional and program staff in providing online or digital training to students; and

(3) equipping adult education providers to partner more closely with partners in workforce development systems on implementation strategies such as provision of integrated education and training to prepare adult learners on an accelerated timeline for high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors and occupations.

(c) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.

(a) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term “eligible entity” means an eligible institution or a consortium of such eligible institutions, which may include a multistate consortium of such eligible institutions.

(2) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term “eligible institution” means a public institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) at which the highest degree that is predominantly awarded to students is an associate degree, including a 2-year Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316 of the Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1059c)).

(3) PERKINS CTE DEFINITIONS.—The terms “career and technical education”, “dual or concurrent enrollment program”, and “work-based learning” have the meanings given the terms in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302).

(b) Grant authority.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—From the funds appropriated under subsection (h) and not reserved under subsection (f), the Secretary, in collaboration with the Secretary of Education (acting through the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education) shall award, on a competitive basis, grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements, in accordance with section 169(b)(5) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3224(b)(5)), to eligible entities to assist such eligible entities in—

(A) establishing and scaling career training programs, including career and technical education programs, and industry and sector partnerships to inform such programs; and

(B) providing necessary student supports.

(2) AWARD AMOUNTS.—The total amount of funds awarded under this section to an eligible entity shall not exceed—

(A) in the case of an eligible entity that is an eligible institution, $2,500,000; and

(B) in the case of an eligible entity that is a consortium, $15,000,000.

(3) AWARD PERIOD.—A grant, contract, or cooperative agreement awarded under this section shall be for a period of not more than 4 years, except that the Secretary may extend such a grant, contract, or agreement for an additional 2-year period.

(4) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, to the extent practicable, the equitable distribution of grants, based on—

(A) geography (such as urban and rural distribution); and

(B) States and local areas significantly impacted by the COVID–19 national emergency.

(c) Priority.—In awarding funds under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that will use such funds to serve individuals impacted by the COVID–19 national emergency, as demonstrated by providing an assurance in the application submitted under subsection (d) that the eligible entity will use such funds to—

(1) serve such individuals with barriers to employment, veterans, spouses of members of the Armed Forces, Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, or incumbent workers who are low-skilled and who need to increase their employability skills;

(2) serve such individuals from each major racial and ethnic group or gender with lower than average educational attainment in the State or employment in the in-demand industry sector or occupation that such award will support; or

(3) serve areas with high unemployment rates or high levels of poverty, including rural areas.

(d) Application.—An eligible entity seeking an award of funds under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application containing a grant proposal at such time and in such manner, and containing such information, as required by the Secretary, including a detailed description of the following:

(1) Each entity (and the roles and responsibilities of each entity) with which the eligible entity will partner to carry out activities under this section, including each of the following:

(A) An industry or sector partnership representing a high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sector or occupation.

(B) A State higher education agency or a State workforce agency.

(C) To the extent practicable—

(i) State or local workforce development systems;

(ii) economic development and other relevant State or local agencies;

(iii) one or more community-based organizations;

(iv) one or more institutions of higher education that primarily award 4-year degrees with which the eligible institution has developed or will develop articulation agreements for programs created or expanded using funds under this section;

(v) one or more providers of adult education; and

(vi) one or more labor organizations or joint labor-management partnerships.

(2) The programs that will be supported with such award, including a description of—

(A) each program that will be developed or expanded, and how the program will be responsive to the high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors or occupations in the geographic region served by the eligible entity under this section, including—

(i) how the eligible entity will collaborate with employers to ensure each such program will provide the skills and competencies necessary to meet future employment demand; and

(ii) the quantitative data and evidence that demonstrates the extent to which each such program will meet the needs of employers in the geographic area served by the eligible entity under this section;

(B) the recognized postsecondary credentials to be awarded under each program described in subparagraph (A);

(C) how each such program will facilitate cooperation between representatives of workers and employers in the local areas to ensure a fair and engaging workplace that balances the priorities and well-being of workers with the needs of businesses;

(D) the extent to which each such program aligns with a statewide or regional workforce development strategy, including such strategies established under section 102(b)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112(b)(1)); and

(E) how the eligible entity will ensure the quality of each such program, the career pathways within such programs, and the jobs in the industry sectors or occupations to which the program is aligned.

(3) The extent to which the eligible entity can leverage additional resources, and demonstration of the future sustainability of each such program.

(4) How each such program and activities carried out under the grant will include evidence-based practices, including a description of such practices.

(5) The student populations that will be served by the eligible entity, including—

(A) an analysis of any barriers to employment or barriers to postsecondary education that such populations face, and an analysis of how the services to be provided by the eligible entity under this section will address such barriers; and

(B) how the eligible entity will support such populations to establish a work history, demonstrate success in the workplace, and develop the skills and competencies that lead to entry into and retention in unsubsidized employment.

(6) Assurances the eligible entity will participate in and comply with third-party evaluations described in subsection (f)(3).

(e) Use of funds.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity shall use a grant awarded under this section to establish and scale career training programs, including career and technical education programs, and career pathways and supports for students participating in such programs.

(2) STUDENT SUPPORT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.—Not less than 15 percent of the grant awarded to an eligible entity under this section shall be used to carry out student support services which may include the following:

(A) Supportive services, including child care, transportation, mental health services, substance use disorder prevention and treatment, assistance in obtaining health insurance coverage, housing, and assistance in accessing the supplemental nutrition assistance program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children established by section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), and other benefits, as appropriate.

(B) Connecting students to State or Federal means-tested benefits programs, including the means-tested Federal benefits programs described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 479(d)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ss(d)(2)).

(C) The provision of direct financial assistance to help students facing financial hardships that may impact enrollment in or completion of a program assisted with such funds.

(D) Navigation, coaching, mentorship, and case management services, including providing information and outreach to populations described in subsection (c) to take part in a program supported with such funds.

(E) Providing access to necessary supplies, materials, or technological devices, and required equipment, and other supports necessary to participate in such programs.

(3) ADDITIONAL REQUIRED PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.—The funds awarded to an eligible entity under this section that remain after carrying out paragraph (2) shall be used to—

(A) create, develop, or expand articulation agreements (as defined in section 486A(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1093a(a))), credit transfer agreements, policies to award credit for prior learning, corequisite remediation, dual or concurrent enrollment programs, career pathways, and competency-based education;

(B) establish or expand industry or sector partnerships to develop or expand academic programs and curricula;

(C) establish or expand work-based learning opportunities, including apprenticeship programs or paid internships;

(D) establish or implement plans for programs supported with funds under this section to be included on the eligible training provider, as described under section 122(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(d));

(E) award academic credit or provide for academic alignment towards credit pathways for programs assisted with such funds, including industry recognized credentials, competency-based education, or work-based learning;

(F) make available open, searchable, and comparable information on the recognized postsecondary credentials awarded under such programs, including the related skills or competencies, related employment, and earnings outcomes; or

(G) acquiring equipment necessary to support activities permitted under this section.

(f) Secretarial reservations.—Not more than 5 percent of the funds appropriated for a fiscal year may be used by the Secretary for—

(1) the administration of the program under this section, including providing technical assistance to eligible entities;

(2) targeted outreach to eligible institutions serving a high number or high percentage of low-income populations, and rural serving eligible institutions to provide guidance and assistance in the grant application process under this section; and

(3) a rigorous, third-party evaluation that uses experimental or quasi-experimental design or other research methodologies that allow for the strongest possible causal inferences to determine whether each eligible entity carrying out a program supported under this section has met the goals of such program as described in the application submitted by the eligible entity, including through a national assessment of all such programs at the conclusion of each 4-year grant period.

(g) Reports and dissemination.—

(1) REPORTS.—Each eligible entity receiving funds under this section shall report to the Secretary annually on—

(A) a description of the programs supported with such funds, including activities carried out directly by the eligible entity and activities carried out by each partner of the eligible entity described in subsection (d)(1);

(B) data on the population served with the funds and labor market outcomes of populations served by the funds;

(C) resources leveraged by the eligible entity to support activities under this section; and

(D) the performance of each such program with respect to the indicators of performance under section 116(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)(i)).

(2) DISSEMINATION.—Each eligible entity receiving funds under this section shall—

(A) participate in activities regarding the dissemination of related research, best practices, and technical assistance; and

(B) to the extent practicable, and as determined by the Secretary, make available to the public any materials created under the grant.

(h) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2025.

There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $140,000,000 to carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et seq.), for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.

(a) Supplement, not supplant.—Any Federal funds provided under this subtitle shall be used only to supplement and not supplant the funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available from State or local public funds for adult education and literacy activities, employment and training activities, or other activities carried out under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.).

(b) Evaluations.—Any activity or program carried out with funds provided under this subtitle shall be subject to the following:

(1) Measurement with performance accountability indicators in accordance with section 116(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)) or as provided as follows:

(A) With respect to an activity or program carried out under section 3131, the measurement with performance accountability indicators shall be in accordance with section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)(ii)).

(B) With respect to an activity or program carried out under section 3143, the measurement with performance accountability indicators shall be in accordance with section 116(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)(ii)).

(2) Rigorous evaluation using research approaches appropriate to the level of development and maturity of the activity or program, which evaluation may include random assignment or quasi-experimental impact evaluations, implementation evaluations, pre-experimental studies, and feasibility studies, including studies of job quality measures and credential transparency.

(c) Uses of funds.—From the funds appropriated under subsection (d), the Secretary of Labor shall—

(1) support the administration of the funds under this subtitle and evaluation of activities and programs described in subsection (b), including by providing guidance and technical assistance to States and local areas;

(2) establish an interagency agreement with the Secretary of Education for—

(A) coordination of funding priorities, with other relevant Federal agencies, as applicable;

(B) dissemination and administration of grants and funding under this subtitle; and

(C) execution of research and evaluation activities to minimize the duplication of efforts and job training investments;

(3) provide guidance to States and local areas on how to make, and financial support to enable the States and local areas to make, information on recognized postsecondary credentials and related competencies being awarded for activities carried out with funds under this subtitle publicly available, searchable, and comparable as linked open data;

(4) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, issue guidance for implementing this subtitle in accordance with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.); and

(5) provide not less than $1,000,000 for each fiscal year for the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Labor to oversee the administration and distribution of funds under this subtitle.

(d) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated $90,000,000 to carry out this section for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2025.

(a) Perkins CTE definitions and requirements.—Except as otherwise provided, in this subtitle—

(1) the terms have the meanings given the terms in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302); and

(2) an allotment, allocation, or other provision of funds made under this subtitle in accordance with a provision of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) shall be made in compliance with the applicable requirements of such Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.).

(b) Other definitions.—In this subtitle:

(1) CORONAVIRUS.—The term “coronavirus” means coronavirus as defined in section 506 of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–123).

(2) COVID–19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY.—The term “COVID–19 national emergency” means the national emergency declared by the President under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) on March 13, 2020, with respect to the coronavirus.

(a) Pooling of funds.—An eligible recipient may, in accordance with section 135(c) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2355(c)), pool a portion of funds received under such Act with a portion of funds received under such Act available to one or more eligible recipients to support the transition from secondary education to postsecondary education or employment for CTE participants whose academic year was interrupted by the COVID–19 national emergency.

(b) Professional development.—During the COVID–19 national emergency, section 3(40)(B) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302(40)(B)) shall apply as if “sustained (not stand-alone, 1-day, or short-term workshops), intensive, collaborative, job-embedded, data-driven, and classroom-focused,” were struck.

(a) Distribution of funds.—

(1) STATES.—From the amounts appropriated under subsection (c), the Secretary shall make allotments to eligible agencies in accordance with section 111(a)(3) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2321(a)(3)).

(2) LOCAL AREAS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after an eligible agency receives an allotment under paragraph (1), the eligible agency shall make available such funds in accordance with section 112(a) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2322(a)), including making such funds available for distribution to eligible recipients in accordance with sections 131 and 132 of such Act.

(B) RESERVED FUNDS.—An eligible agency that reserves funds in accordance with section 112(a)(1) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2322(a)) to be used in accordance with section 112(c) of such Act, may also use such reserved funds for digital, physical, or technology infrastructure related projects to improve career and technical education offerings within the State.

(b) Uses of funds.—Each eligible agency and eligible recipient shall use the funds received under this section to carry out activities improving or expanding career and technical education programs and programs of study to adequately respond to State and local needs as a result of the COVID–19 national emergency, including—

(1) expanding and modernizing digital, physical, or technology infrastructure to deliver in-person, online, virtual, and simulated educational and work-based learning experiences;

(2) acquiring appropriate equipment, technology, supplies, and instructional materials aligned with business and industry needs, including machinery, testing equipment, tools, hardware, software, and other new and emerging instructional materials;

(3) providing incentives to employers and CTE participants facing economic hardships due to the COVID–19 national emergency to participate in work-based learning programs;

(4) expanding or adapting program offerings or supports based on an updated comprehensive needs assessment to systemically respond to employers’ and CTE participants’ changing needs as a result of the COVID–19 national emergency; or

(5) providing for professional development and training activities for career and technical education teachers, faculty, school leaders, administrators, specialized instructional support personnel, career guidance and academic counselors, and paraprofessionals to support activities carried out under this section.

(c) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2023.

(a) Supplement, not supplant.—Any Federal funds provided under this subtitle shall be used only to supplement the funds that would, in the absence of such Federal funds, be made available from non-Federal sources for career and technical education programs or other activities carried out under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.), and not to supplant such funds.

(b) Evaluations.—Any activity or program carried out with funds received under this subtitle shall be subject to—

(1) performance accountability indicators in accordance with section 113 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2323); and

(2) rigorous evaluation using research approaches appropriate to the level of development and maturity of the activity or program, including random assignment or quasi-experimental impact evaluations, implementation evaluations, pre-experimental studies, and feasibility studies, including studying job quality measures and credential transparency.

(c) Uses of funds.—From the funds appropriated under subsection (d), the Secretary shall—

(1) support the administration of the funds for this subtitle and evaluation of such activities described in subsection (b);

(2) establish an interagency agreement with the Secretary of Labor for—

(A) coordinating funding priorities, including with other relevant Federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services;

(B) dissemination and administration of grants and funding under this subtitle; and

(C) execution of research and evaluation activities to minimize the duplication of efforts and job training investments and facilitate greater blending and braiding of Federal and non-Federal funds;

(3) not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, issue guidance for implementing this subtitle in accordance with the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.); and

(4) provide not less than $250,000 for each fiscal year for the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Education to oversee the administration and distribution of funds under this subtitle.

(d) Authorization of appropriations.—There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available through fiscal year 2025.

(a) Suspension of requirements and penalties relating to the time limit for assistance, work, and certain other requirements.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—During the applicable period—

(A) sections 407(a), 407(e)(1), and 408(a)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607(a), 607(e)(1), 608(a)(7)(A)) shall have no force or effect;

(B) no penalty shall be imposed against an individual or the individual’s family with respect to section 407(e)(1) or 408(b)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 607(e)(1), 608(b)(3));

(C) a State shall not deny, reduce, or terminate assistance to a family because an individual does not comply with such section 407(e)(1) or does not otherwise engage in work required by the State;

(D) a State shall not deny, reduce, or terminate assistance to an individual or the individual’s family with respect to a failure to cooperate with completing the assessment required under section 408(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 608(b)(1));

(E) a State may defer a required assessment of the employability of an individual under section 408(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 608(b)) to 90 days following the end of the applicable period;

(F) no condition on assistance for an individual or the individual's family shall be imposed in connection with enforcing penalties described in section 409(a)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(5));

(G) no penalty shall be imposed against an individual or the individual’s family with respect to section 408(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(2)); and

(H) paragraphs (3), (5), (8), (9), (14), and (15) of section 409(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)) shall not apply with respect to any violation of a requirement described in such a paragraph that occurs during or with respect to the applicable period.

(2) TRIBAL PROGRAMS.—During the applicable period—

(A) the minimum work participation requirements and time limits established under section 412(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 612(c)) shall have no force or effect;

(B) no penalty shall be imposed against an individual or the individual's family with respect to a violation of such requirements or limits;

(C) no condition on assistance for an individual or the individual's family shall be imposed in connection with enforcing penalties described in section 409(a)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(5)); and

(D) the penalties established under such section 412(c) shall not apply with respect to conduct engaged in during or with respect to the applicable period.

(b) Application to program enforcement provisions.—

(1) WAIVER OF CERTAIN PENALTIES.—The Secretary shall not impose a penalty against a State or Indian tribe under paragraph (3), (5), (8), (9), (14), or (15) of section 409(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)) with respect to any violation of a requirement described in such a paragraph that occurs during or with respect to the applicable period.

(2) CORRECTIVE COMPLIANCE PLANS.—If a State or Indian tribe has a corrective compliance plan in effect during or with respect to the applicable period that involves a violation for which a penalty specified in paragraph (1) would be imposed, the Secretary shall—

(A) disregard the months occurring during the applicable period (and any portion of such months) for purposes of determining whether the State or Indian tribe has not, in a timely manner, corrected or discontinued, as appropriate, the violation pursuant to the corrective compliance plan accepted by the Secretary; and

(B) consult with the State or Indian tribe on modifications to the corrective compliance plan for how the State will correct or discontinue, as appropriate, the violation and how the State will ensure compliance with the requirements of part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) after the applicable period ends.

(c) Penalty for noncompliance.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the succeeding provisions of this subsection, if the Secretary finds that during or with respect to the period that begins on the date of enactment of this section and ends on the date specified in section 106(3) of division A of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act, a State or an Indian tribe has imposed a penalty waived under subsection (a), including denying, reducing, terminating, or conditioning assistance under a program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act or any program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i))), the Secretary shall reduce the grant payable to the State under section 403(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(1)) or the grant payable to the tribe under section 412(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(1)) for fiscal year 2021 by an amount equal to 5 percent of the State or tribal family assistance grant (as applicable).

(2) PENALTY BASED ON SEVERITY OF FAILURE.—The Secretary shall impose reductions under paragraph (1) with respect to fiscal year 2021 based on the degree of noncompliance.

(3) APPLICATION OF AGGREGATE PENALTY LIMIT.—For purposes of section 409(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 609(d)), paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be considered to be included in section 409(a) of such Act.

(d) Definitions.—In this section:

(1) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—The term “applicable period” means the period that begins on October 1, 2019, and ends on the date specified in section 106(3) of division A of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, and Other Extensions Act.

(2) OTHER TERMS.—Each other term has the meaning given the term for purposes of part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.).

Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(a) Appropriations.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the “Secretary”), out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, for the purpose of providing additional funding for the State grant program under section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a).

(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The Secretary shall make allotments out of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) to each State and territory receiving an allotment under section 106(f) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a(f)) for fiscal year 2020, in the same manner that amounts appropriated under section 112 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5106f)) are allotted to States in accordance with section 106(f)(2) of such Act.

(3) CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND CHILD WELFARE WORKERS’ HEALTH AND SAFETY.—The Secretary shall allow each State to use amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) and allocated under paragraph (2) to cover costs that the State determines necessary to support child welfare workers in preventing, investigating, and treating child abuse and neglect in response to a qualifying emergency, including for the purchase of personal protective equipment and sanitation supplies, consistent with section 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5106a).

(b) Child abuse prevention appropriation.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, for the purpose of providing additional funding for the community-based grants for the prevention of child abuse and neglect under title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116 et seq.).

(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The Secretary shall make allotments out of the amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) to each State receiving an allotment under section 203 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116b) for fiscal year 2020, in the same manner that amounts appropriated under section 209 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5116i) are allotted to States in accordance with section 203 of such Act, except that, in allotting amounts under this subsection—

(A) in subsection (a) of such section 203, “1 percent” shall be deemed to be “5 percent”;

(B) in subsection (b)(1)(A) of such section 203, “70 percent” shall be deemed to be “100 percent”; and

(C) subsections (b)(1)(B) and (c) of such section 203 shall not apply.

(3) COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES HEALTH AND SAFETY.—The Secretary shall allow each State lead entity to use amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) and allocated to the State under paragraph (2) to cover costs that the lead entity determines necessary to maintain the operation of community-based and prevention-focused programs and activities in the State in response to a qualifying emergency, including for the purchase of personal protective equipment and sanitation supplies, consistent with title II of Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116 et seq.).

(4) NO STATE MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding section 204(4) of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116d(4)), a State shall not be required to provide any additional funding for the program under title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5116 et seq.) as a condition for receiving an allocation under paragraph (2).

(c) In general.—Any amount appropriated or made available under this section is in addition to other amounts appropriated or made available for the applicable purpose, and shall remain available until expended.

(a) Short title.—This subtitle may be cited as the “Strengthening Families for Success Act of 2020”.

(b) Secretary defined.—In this subtitle, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

(a) Voluntary participation.—

(1) ASSURANCE.—Section 403(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)) is amended—

(A) in item (aa), by striking “and” after the semicolon;

(B) in item (bb), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

“(cc) if the entity is a State or an Indian tribe or tribal organization, to not condition the receipt of assistance under the program funded under this part, under a program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), or under a program funded under part B or E of this title, on enrollment or participation in any such programs; and

“(dd) to permit any participant in a program or activity funded under this paragraph, including an individual whose participation is specified in the individual responsibility plan developed for the individual in accordance with section 408(b), to transfer to another such program or activity upon notification to the entity and the State agency responsible for administering the State program funded under this part.”.

(2) PROHIBITION.—Section 408(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(13) BAN ON CONDITIONING RECEIPT OF TANF OR CERTAIN OTHER BENEFITS ON PARTICIPATION IN A HEALTHY MARRIAGE OR RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.—A State to which a grant is made under section 403 shall not condition the receipt of assistance under the State program funded under this part, under a program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), or under a program funded under part B or E of this title, on participation in a healthy marriage promotion activity (as defined in section 403(a)(2)(A)(iii)) or in an activity promoting responsible fatherhood (as defined in section 403(a)(2)(C)(ii)).”.

(3) PENALTY.—Section 409(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(17) PENALTY FOR CONDITIONING RECEIPT OF TANF OR CERTAIN OTHER BENEFITS ON PARTICIPATION IN A HEALTHY MARRIAGE OR RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.—If the Secretary determines that a State has violated section 408(a)(13) during a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reduce the grant payable to the State under section 403(a)(1) for the immediately succeeding fiscal year by an amount equal to 5 percent of the State family assistance grant.”.

(b) Alignment of entities eligible for grants and technical assistance.—Section 403(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)) is further amended—

(1) in subparagraph (A)—

(A) in clause (i), by inserting “territories,” after “States,”; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

“(iv) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—States, territories, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, public or private entities, and nonprofit community entities, including religious organizations, are eligible to be awarded funds made available under this paragraph for the purpose of carrying out healthy marriage promotion activities, for the purpose of carrying out activities promoting responsible fatherhood, or for both such purposes.

“(v) TERRITORY DEFINED.—For purposes of awarding funds under this paragraph, the term ‘territory’ means the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.”; and

(2) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking “and public” and inserting “public or private entities,”.

(c) Territory and tribal set-Aside; elimination of preference provision.—Section 403(a)(2)(E) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(E)) is amended to read as follows:

“(E) FUNDING FOR TERRITORIES AND INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS.—

“(i) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available under subparagraph (D) for a fiscal year, not less than ten of the awards made by the Secretary of such funds for fiscal year 2021 or any fiscal year thereafter for the purpose of carrying out healthy marriage promotion activities, activities promoting responsible fatherhood, or both, (excluding any award under subparagraph (B)(i) for any fiscal year), shall be made to a territory or an Indian tribe or tribal organization.

“(ii) CLARIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY OF TRIBAL CONSORTIUMS.—A tribal consortium of Indian tribes or tribal organizations may be awarded funds under this paragraph for the purpose of carrying out healthy marriage promotion activities, activities promoting responsible fatherhood, or both.”.

(d) Activities promoting responsible fatherhood.—Section 403(a)(2)(C)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(C)(ii)) is amended—

(1) in subclause (I), by striking “marriage or sustain marriage” and inserting “healthy relationships and marriages or to sustain healthy relationships or marriages”;

(2) in subclause (II), by inserting “educating youth who are not yet parents about the economic, social, and family consequences of early parenting, helping participants in fatherhood programs work with their own children to break the cycle of early parenthood,” after “child support payments,”; and

(3) in subclause (III)—

(A) by striking “fathers” and inserting “parents (with priority for low-income noncustodial parents)”; and

(B) by inserting “employment training for both parents and for other family members,” after “referrals to local employment training initiatives,”.

(e) Ensuring healthy marriage promotion and responsible fatherhood activities can be offered during public health emergencies.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(2)(A)(ii)(I) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(A)(ii)(I)) is amended—

(A) in each of items (aa) and (bb), by striking “and” after the semicolon; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

“(cc) how, and the extent to which, funds awarded will be used by the entity for technology and access to broadband in order to carry out healthy marriage promotion activities, activities promoting responsible fatherhood, or both, remotely during a public health emergency; and

“(dd) how the entity will sustain continuity of critical services, specifying the scope of the critical services to be maintained, and the ability of the entity to be able to resume providing such services within 3 weeks of the beginning of a public health emergency or other incident that compromises the ability of the entity to deliver such services in-person, by telephone, or virtually; and”.

(2) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DEFINED.—Section 403(a)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(A)) is further amended—

(A) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) (as added by subsection (b)(1)) as clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; and

(B) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:

“(iv) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DEFINED.—In clause (ii), the term ‘public health emergency’ means—

“(I) a national or public health emergency declared by the President or the Secretary, including—

“(aa) a major disaster relating to public health declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170);

“(bb) an emergency relating to public health declared by the President under section 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191); or

“(cc) a public health emergency declared by the Secretary under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d); or

“(II) an emergency relating to public health that has been declared by a Governor or other appropriate official of any State, the District of Columbia, or commonwealth, territory, or locality of the United States.”.

(f) Measuring outcomes for eligible families.—Section 403(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)), as amended by the preceding subsections of this section, is further amended—

(1) in subparagraph (A)—

(A) in clause (ii)—

(i) in subclause (I)(dd), by striking “and” after the semicolon;

(ii) in subclause (II)—

(I) in item (cc), by striking “and” after the semicolon;

(II) in item (dd), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(III) by adding at the end the following:

“(ee) to submit the report required under clause (vi); and”; and

(iii) by adding at the end the following:

“(III) provides, subject to the approval of the Secretary, for evaluations of the activities carried out using each grant made under this paragraph that satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (F).”; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

“(vii) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO OUTCOMES FOR MEASURING IMPROVEMENTS.—

“(I) REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS AFTER 3 YEARS.—Not later than 30 days after the end of the 3rd year in which an eligible entity conducts programs or activities with funds made available under this paragraph, the entity shall submit a report to the Secretary demonstrating the extent to which the programs and activities carried out with such funds made quantifiable, measurable improvements in the areas identified in the entity's application in accordance with clause (ii)(III).

“(II) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall provide technical assistance to help the eligible entity develop and implement ways to evaluate and improve outcomes for eligible families. The Secretary may provide the technical assistance directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements.

“(III) ADVISORY PANEL.—The Secretary shall establish an advisory panel for purposes of obtaining recommendations regarding the technical assistance provided to entities in accordance with subclause (II).

“(IV) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of the first calendar year that begins after October 1 of the 5th consecutive fiscal year for which an eligible entity conducts programs or activities with funds made available under this paragraph, and every 5th such fiscal year thereafter (beginning with funds awarded for fiscal year 2021), the eligible entity shall submit a report to the Secretary demonstrating the extent to which the programs and activities carried out with such funds made quantifiable, measurable improvements in the areas identified in the entity's application for funding for such 5 fiscal years.

“(V) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than March 31, 2026, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate on the programs and activities carried out with funds made available under this paragraph based on the most recent final reports submitted under subclause (IV). Each report submitted under this subclause shall identify the programs and activities carried out with funds made available under this paragraph which made quantifiable, measurable improvements and in which outcome areas.”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

“(F) EVALUATION REQUIREMENTS.—

“(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii)(III), an evaluation satisfies the requirements of this subparagraph if—

“(I) the evaluation is designed to—

“(aa) build evidence of the effectiveness of the activities carried out using each grant made under this paragraph;

“(bb) determine the lessons learned (including barriers to success) from such activities; and

“(cc) to the extent practicable, help build local evaluation capacity, including the capacity to use evaluation data to inform continuous program improvement; and

“(II) the evaluation includes research designs that encourage innovation and reflect the nature of the activities undertaken, successful implementation efforts, and the needs of the communities, without prioritizing efficacy research over effectiveness research.

“(ii) RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS.—An evaluation conducted in accordance with subparagraph (A)(ii)(III) and this subparagraph may, but shall not be required to, include a randomized controlled trial.

“(iii) OUTCOMES.—Outcomes of interest for an evaluation conducted in accordance with subparagraph (A)(ii)(III) and this subparagraph shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

“(I) Relationship quality between custodial and non-custodial parents.

“(II) Family economic wellbeing, including receipt of public benefits and access to employment services and education.

“(III) Payment of child support by non-custodial parents, non-financial contributions, and involvement in child-related activities.

“(IV) Parenting skills or parenting quality.

“(V) Health and mental health outcomes of parents.

“(VI) Quality and frequency of contact between children and non-custodial parents.

“(VII) Reduction in crime or domestic violence.

“(VIII) Prevention of child injuries, child abuse, neglect, or maltreatment, and reduction of emergency department visits.

“(IX) Coordination and referrals for other community resources and supports.”.

(g) Authority for substitution grantees.—Section 403(a)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(A)), as amended by subsections (b)(1), (e)(2), and (f)(2), is further amended—

(1) in clause (ii), in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking “The Secretary” and inserting “Except as provided in clause (viii), the Secretary”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(viii) AUTHORITY FOR SUBSTITUTE ENTITIES.—If, after being awarded funds under this paragraph for a fiscal year for the purpose of carrying out healthy marriage promotion activities, activities promoting responsible fatherhood, or both, an entity becomes unable to continue to carry out such activities for the duration of the award period, the Secretary may select another entity to carry out such activities with the funds from the initial award that remain available for obligation, for the remainder of the initial award period. The Secretary shall make any such selection from among applications submitted by other entities for funding to carry out the same activities as the activities for which the initial award was made, and may base the criteria for making such a selection on the objectives specified in the announcement of the opportunity to apply for the initial award funds.”.

(h) Reauthorization.—Section 403(a)(2)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(D)) is amended to read as follows:

“(D) APPROPRIATION.—

“(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clauses (ii) and (iii), out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for each of fiscal years 2021 through and 2025 for expenditure in accordance with this paragraph—

“(I) $75,000,000 for awarding funds for the purpose of carrying out healthy marriage promotion activities; and

“(II) $75,000,000 for awarding funds for the purpose of carrying out activities promoting responsible fatherhood.

“(ii) DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS FOR COORDINATION OF PROVISION OF CHILD WELFARE AND TANF SERVICES TO TRIBAL FAMILIES AT RISK OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT.—If the Secretary makes an award under subparagraph (B)(i) for any fiscal year, the funds for such award shall be taken in equal portion from the amounts appropriated under subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i).

“(iii) RESEARCH; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may use 0.5 percent of the amounts appropriated under each of subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i), respectively, for the purpose of conducting and supporting research and demonstration projects by public or private entities, and providing technical assistance to States, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and such other entities as the Secretary may specify that are receiving a grant under another provision of this part.”.

The Secretary shall develop a coordinated policy to address domestic violence and family strengthening that—

(1) establishes criteria and best practices for coordination and partnership between domestic violence shelter and service organizations and responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage promotion programs;

(2) not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, issue guidance containing such criteria and best practices; and

(3) update and reissue such criteria and best practices at least once every 5 years.

Section 403(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(6) GRANTS SUPPORTING HEALTHY FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants on a competitive basis to healthy family partnerships to build capacity for, and facilitate such partnerships.

“(B) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made available under a grant awarded under this paragraph may be used for staff training, the provision of domestic violence intervention and prevention services, and the dissemination of best practices for—

“(i) assessing and providing services to individuals and families affected by domestic violence, including through caseworker training, the provision of technical assistance to other community partners, the implementation of safe visitation and exchange programs, and the implementation of safe child support procedures; or

“(ii) preventing domestic violence, particularly as a barrier to economic security, and fostering healthy relationships.

“(C) APPLICATION.—The respective entity and organization of a healthy family partnership entered into for purposes of receiving a grant under this paragraph shall submit a joint application to the Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary shall specify, containing—

“(i) a description of how the partnership intends to carry out the activities described in subparagraph (B), including a detailed plan for how the entity and organization comprising the partnership will collaborate;

“(ii) an assurance that funds made available under the grant shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other funds used by the entity or organization to carry out programs, activities, or services described in subparagraph (B); and

“(iii) such other information as the Secretary may require.

“(D) GENERAL RULES GOVERNING USE OF FUNDS.—Neither the rules of section 404 (other than subsection (b) of that section), nor section 417 shall apply to a grant made under this paragraph.

“(E) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph:

“(i) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.—The term ‘domestic violence’ means violence between intimate partners, which involves any form of physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, or psychological aggression, by a current or former intimate partner.

“(ii) HEALTHY FAMILY PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘healthy family partnership’ means a partnership between—

“(I) an entity receiving funds under—

“(aa) a grant made under paragraph (2) to promote healthy marriage or responsible fatherhood; or

“(bb) the pilot program established under section 469C; and

“(II) a domestic violence shelter and service organization.

“(F) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2025, $25,000,000 to carry out this paragraph.”.

(a) In general.—Section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)), as amended by subsections (c) and (h) of section 3511, is amended—

(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and

(2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:

“(D) REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIPT OF FUNDS.—An entity may not be awarded a grant under this paragraph unless the entity, as a condition of receiving funds under such a grant—

“(i) agrees to coordinate with the State domestic violence coalition (as defined in section 302(11) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10402(11));

“(ii) identifies in its application for the grant the domestic violence shelter and service organization at the local, State, or national level with whom the entity will partner with respect to the development and implementation of the programs and activities of the entity;

“(iii) describes in such application how the programs or activities proposed in the application will address, as appropriate, issues of domestic violence, and contains a commitment by the entity to consult with experts in domestic violence or relevant domestic violence shelter and service organizations in the community in developing the programs and activities;

“(iv) describes in such application the roles and responsibilities of the entity and the domestic violence shelter and service organization, including with respect to training, cross-trainings for each entity, development of protocols using comprehensive and evidence-based practices and tools, and reporting, and the resources that each partner will be responsible for bringing to the program;

“(v) on award of the grant, and in consultation with the domestic violence shelter and service organization, develops and submits to the Secretary for approval, a written protocol using comprehensive and evidence-based practices and tools which describes—

“(I) how the entity will identify instances or risks of domestic violence among participants in the program and their families;

“(II) the procedures for responding to such instances or risks, including making service referrals, assisting with safety planning, and providing protections and other appropriate assistance for identified individuals and families;

“(III) how confidentiality issues will be addressed; and

“(IV) the training on domestic violence that will be provided to ensure effective and consistent implementation of the protocol;

“(vi) describes the entity's plan to build the capacity of program staff and other partners to address and communicate with parents about domestic violence;

“(vii) provides an assurance that the program staff will include a domestic violence coordinator to serve as the lead staff person on domestic violence for the entity (which may be funded with funds made available under the grant); and

“(viii) in an annual report to the Secretary, includes a description of the domestic violence protocols, and a description of any implementation issues identified with respect to domestic violence and how the issues were addressed.

“(E) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘domestic violence’ means violence between intimate partners, which involves any form of physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, or psychological aggression, by a current or former intimate partner.”.

(b) Conforming amendments.—Section 403(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)), is further amended—

(1) in subparagraph (A)(i)—

(A) by striking “and (E)” and inserting “(D), and (G)”; and

(B) by striking “(D)” and inserting “(F)”; and

(2) in subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C)(i), by striking “(D)” each place it appears and inserting “(F)”.

(c) Effective date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2021.

(a) Establishment.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish a pilot program to test whether the impact of staying automatic child support enforcement and cost recovery efforts improves family outcomes in cases under the State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) while a non-custodial parent participates in a healthy marriage or responsible fatherhood program carried out under section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)), under a program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i))), or under any other program funded with non-Federal funds. While a child’s non-custodial parent is participating in a healthy marriage or responsible fatherhood program that is part of the pilot program established under this section, an eligible entity participating in the pilot program—

(A) shall not apply paragraph (3) of section 408(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)) to a family of a child receiving assistance under the State program funded under part A of title IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);

(B) shall not refer the child’s case to the State program funded under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) or apply a penalty against the child’s family based on the custodial parent’s noncooperation with child support activities with respect to the child under paragraph (2) of section 408(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)), but shall provide an exception to the custodial parent pursuant to section 454(29)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 654(29)(A));

(C) shall not be subject to penalties under section 409(a)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(5));

(D) notwithstanding subparagraph (B), any such individual shall retain the right to apply for child support services under section 454(4)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654(4)(A)(ii)) with respect to a child of the individual;

(E) if the child has an open child support case with the State agency responsible for administering the State plan under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.), such State agency, shall suspend any activity to establish or enforce a support order with respect to the child (other than to establish the paternity of the child), and monthly child support obligations shall be suspended and shall not accrue, but only if both parents of the child agree in writing to the suspension; and

(F) if child support activities are suspended in a case by agreement of both parents in accordance with subparagraph (E), may exclude the case in determining applicable percentages based on State performance levels under section 458 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 658a), and the Secretary shall disregard the case in determining whether the State data submitted to the Secretary are complete and reliable for purposes of that section and section 452 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 652).

(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this section, the term “eligible entity” means—

(A) a State;

(B) a unit of local government; or

(C) an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as defined in subsections (e) and (l) of section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)) that receives direct payments from the Secretary under section 455(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 655(f)) or has entered into a cooperative agreement with a State under section 454(33) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 654(33)).

(3) APPLICATION, SELECTION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—

(A) APPLICATION.—

(i) IN GENERAL.—To participate in the pilot program, an eligible entity shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may require.

(ii) REQUIRED INFORMATION.—An application to participate in the pilot program shall include—

(I) an outline of the healthy marriage or responsible fatherhood programs that the eligible entity will partner with for the purposes of participating in the pilot program, including a description of each the eligibility and participation criteria for each such program;

(II) the goals, strategies, and desired outcomes of the eligible entity’s proposed participation in the pilot program; and

(III) such other information as the Secretary shall require.

(B) SELECTION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Not later than September 30, 2021, the Secretary shall select at least 10 eligible entities to participate in the pilot program.

(4) DURATION OF PILOT PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall conduct the pilot program during the 4-year period that begins with fiscal year 2022 and ends with fiscal year 2025.

(5) DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING.—Throughout the pilot period, an eligible entity participating in the pilot program shall collect and report to the Secretary such data related to the entity’s participation in the pilot program as the Secretary shall require.

(b) GAO report.—

(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall study the implementation and impact of the pilot program established under subsection (a).

(2) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2026, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress on the results of the study required under paragraph (1) that includes information on the following:

(A) How State agencies responsible for administering the State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) and the State agency responsible for administering the State plan under part D of title IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) designate healthy marriage or responsible fatherhood programs as eligible programs for purposes of the pilot program and what types of organizations have programs so designated, including whether such programs are funded under a grant made under section 403(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)), under a program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i))), or under any other program funded with non-Federal funds.

(B) The types of activities and services designated programs provide, including the extent to which any such activities and services are intended for domestic violence victims and survivors.

(C) An assessment of how the designated programs compare to other entities receiving a grant under section 403(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)), under a program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i))), or under any other program funded with non-Federal funds, with respect to the information described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).

(D) Recommendations for such administrative or legislative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.

Section 454(4)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654(4)(A)) is amended—

(1) by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:

“(i) a child living apart from one or both parents for whom (I) assistance is provided under the State program funded under part A of this title, (II) benefits or services for foster care maintenance are provided under the State program funded under part E of this title, (III) medical assistance is provided under the State plan approved under title XIX, or (IV) cooperation is required pursuant to section 6(l)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(l)(1)) unless, in accordance with paragraph (29), good cause or other exceptions exist, or in the event that the State agency becomes aware after opening a child support case upon referral from another program that both parents of the child comprise an intact 2-parent household (even if a parent is temporarily living elsewhere), and neither parent has applied for child support services under clause (ii), in which case the State agency shall notify the referring program and each parent that the case will be closed within 60 days of the date of such notice unless either parent contacts the State agency and requests that the case remain open; and”; and

(2) in clause (ii), by inserting “living apart from one or both parents” after “any other child”.

Part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(a) Pass-Through of all current support amounts and arrearages collected for current and former TANF families.—Section 457 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “and (e)” and inserting “, (e), (f), and (g)”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

“(f) Distribution of current support amount and arrearages collected for TANF families.—

“(1) TANF FAMILIES.—Subject to subsections (d), (e), and (g), beginning October 1, 2023—

“(A) paragraph (1) of subsection (a) shall no longer apply to the distribution of amounts collected on behalf of a TANF family as support by a State pursuant to a plan approved under this part;

“(B) the State shall pay to a TANF family all of the current support amount collected by the State on behalf of the family and all of any excess amount collected on behalf of the family to the extent necessary to satisfy support arrearages; and

“(C) for purposes of determining eligibility for, and the amount and type of, assistance from the State under the State program funded under part A, the State shall disregard the current support amount paid to a TANF family and shall disregard the current support amount paid to any family that is an applicant for assistance under the State program funded under part A.

“(2) FORMER TANF FAMILIES.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (e) and (g), beginning October 1, 2025—

“(i) subsection (a)(2) shall no longer apply to the distribution of amounts collected on behalf of a former TANF family as support by a State pursuant to a plan approved under this part or to support obligations assigned by the family; and

“(ii) the State shall pay to a former TANF family all of the current support amount collected by the State on behalf of the family and all of any excess amount collected on behalf of the family to the extent necessary to satisfy support arrearages (and the State shall treat amounts collected pursuant to an assignment by the family as if the amounts had never been assigned and shall distribute the amounts to the family in accordance with subsection (a)(4)).

“(B) STATE OPTION FOR EARLIER IMPLEMENTATION.—A State may elect to apply subparagraph (A) to the distribution of amounts collected on behalf of a former TANF family as support by a State pursuant to a plan approved under this part beginning on the first day of any quarter of fiscal year 2024 or 2025.

“(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:

“(A) TANF FAMILY.—The term ‘TANF family’ means a family receiving assistance from the State under the State program funded under part A.

“(B) FORMER TANF FAMILY.—The term ‘former TANF family’ means a family that formerly received assistance from the State under the State program funded under part A.

“(C) EXCESS AMOUNT.—The term ‘excess amount’ means, with respect to amounts collected by a State as support on behalf of a family, the amount by which such amount collected exceeds the current support amount.”.

(b) Temporary increase in matching rate.—Section 455(a)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 655(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows:

“(3) (A) The Secretary shall pay to each State, for each quarter of fiscal years 2022 and 2023, 90 percent of so much of the State expenditures described in paragraph (1)(B) for the quarter as the Secretary finds are for a system meeting the requirements specified in sections 454(16) and 454A.

“(B) In the case of a State which elects the option under subparagraph (B) of section 457(f)(2) to apply subparagraph (A) of that section to the distribution of amounts collected on behalf of a former TANF family (as defined in subparagraph (B) of section 457(f)(3)) as support by a State pursuant to a plan approved under this part beginning on the first day of any quarter of fiscal year 2024 or 2025, the Secretary shall pay to the State for each quarter of fiscal year 2024 and 2025 for which such an election has been made, 90 percent of so much of the State expenditures described in paragraph (1)(B) for the quarter as the Secretary finds are for a system meeting the requirements specified in sections 454(16) and 454A.

“(C) This paragraph shall not apply to State expenditures described in paragraph (1)(B) for any quarter beginning on or after September 30, 2024 (September 30, 2023, in the case of a State that does not elect the option described in subparagraph (B)).”.

(c) Transition to elimination of excepted portion for pass-Through disregard option.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 457(a)(6) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)(6)) is amended to read as follows:

“(B) FAMILIES THAT CURRENTLY RECEIVE ASSISTANCE UNDER PART A.—During each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023, in the case of a family that receives assistance from the State under the State program funded under part A, a State shall not be required to pay to the Federal Government the Federal share of an amount collected on behalf of a family receiving assistance from the State under the State program funded under part A to the extent that the State—

“(i) pays the amount to the family; and

“(ii) disregards all of the amount collected that does not exceed the current support amount for purposes of determining the family's eligibility for, and the amount and type of, assistance from the State under the State program funded under part A.”.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 457(a)(6) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)(6)) is amended in the heading, by inserting “; transition to elimination of excepted portion” after “participation”.

(d) Amounts collected on behalf of families receiving foster care maintenance payments.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 457 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 657) as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following:

“(g) Distribution of amounts collected on behalf of a child for whom foster care maintenance payments are being made.—

“(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning October 1, 2023—

“(A) subsection (e) shall no longer apply to the distribution of amounts collected by a State as child support for months in any period on behalf of a child for whom a public agency is making foster care maintenance payments under part E;

“(B) with respect to the current support amount collected by the State on behalf of the child, the State shall elect to—

“(i) pay such amount to a foster parent of the child or a kinship caregiver for the child whenever practicable, or to the person responsible for meeting the child's day-to-day needs; or

“(ii) deposit such amount in a savings account to be used for the child's future needs in the event of the child's reunification with family from which the child was removed (including for reunification services for the child and family);

“(C) to the extent any amount collected exceeds the current support amount and, after the beginning of the period in which a public agency began making foster care maintenance payments under part E on behalf of the child, support arrearages have accrued with respect to the child, the State shall deposit such excess amount into a savings account to be used for the child's future needs; and

“(D) when the child is returned to the family from which the child was removed, or placed for adoption, with a legal guardian, or, if adoption or legal guardianship is determined not to be safe and appropriate for a child, in some other planned, permanent living arrangement, any amount in such savings account shall—

“(i) if the child has attained age 18, be transferred to the child; or

“(ii) if the child has not attained age 18, be maintained in such account until the child attains such age, and shall be transferred to the child when the child attains such age.

“(2) ADMINISTRATION.—The State agency responsible for administering the program under this part shall be responsible for the distribution under this subsection of amounts collected on behalf of a child for whom a public agency is making foster care maintenance payments under part E.”.

(2) GAO REPORT.—

(A) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United States shall study the implementation and impact of the requirements for distribution of amounts collected on behalf of a child for whom foster care maintenance payments are being made under subsection (g) of section 457 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657) as added by paragraph (1).

(B) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2027, the Comptroller General shall submit a report to Congress on the results of the study required under paragraph (1) that includes information on the following:

(i) A description of how States have elected to implement the distribution requirements of such subsection, including with respect to the choices States make regarding how much of current support amounts are paid to foster families, saved in the event of a child's reunification with the family from which the child was removed, or saved for the child's future needs.

(ii) A description of how States distribute or use amounts saved in the event of a child's reunification with the family from which the child was removed, including the extent to which such amounts are used to provide reunification services for the child and family or distributed in full to the family.

(iii) Recommendations regarding best practices regarding distributions made under such subsection, along with recommendations for such administrative or legislative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.

(e) Discontinuation of support assignments.—

(1) TERMINATION OF TANF REQUIREMENT TO ASSIGN SUPPORT RIGHTS TO THE STATE.—Paragraph (3) of section 408(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended to read as follows:

“(3) NO ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES NOT ASSIGNING CERTAIN SUPPORT RIGHTS TO THE STATE.—

“(A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023, subject to section 457(b)(3), a State to which a grant is made under section 403 shall require, as a condition of paying assistance to a family under the State program funded under this part, that a member of the family assign to the State any right the family member may have (on behalf of the family member or of any other person for whom the family member has applied for or is receiving such assistance) to support from any other person, not exceeding the total amount of assistance so paid to the family, which accrues during the period that the family receives assistance under the program.

“(B) SUNSET.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any State or family after September 30, 2023.”.

(2) STATE OPTION TO DISCONTINUE SUPPORT ASSIGNMENTS UNDER TANF BEFORE FISCAL YEAR 2023.—Section 457(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 657(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

“(3) STATE OPTION TO DISCONTINUE SUPPORT ASSIGNMENTS UNDER PART A BEFORE TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT.—A State may elect for any or all of fiscal years 2021 through 2023, to—

“(A) not require the assignment of support obligations under section 408(a)(3)(A) as a condition of paying assistance to a family under the State program funded under part A; and

“(B) discontinue the assignment of a support obligation described in such section, and treat amounts collected pursuant to the assignment as if the amounts had never been assigned and distribute the amounts to the family.”.

(f) Elimination of option To apply former distribution rules for families formerly receiving assistance.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 454 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended—

(A) in paragraph (32)(C), by adding “and” after the semicolon;

(B) in paragraph (33), by striking “; and” and inserting a period; and

(C) by striking paragraph (34).

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph (1) take effect on October 1, 2023.

(g) Conforming amendments.—

(1) Section 454B(c)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 654b(c)(1)) is amended by striking “457(a)” and inserting “457”.

(2) Section 457 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 657), as amended by subsections (a) and (d), is further amended—

(A) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “subsection (a)” and inserting “subsections (a), (f), and (g)”; and

(B) in subsection (e), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, amounts” and inserting “Subject to subsection (g), amounts”.

(a) In general.—Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended—

(1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (33);

(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (34) and inserting “; and”; and

(3) by inserting after paragraph (34) the following:

“(35) provide that the State shall not use the State program operated under this part to collect any amount owed to the State by reason of costs incurred under the State plan approved under title XIX for the birth of a child for whom support rights have been assigned pursuant to section 1912.”.

(b) Clarification that ban on recovery does not apply with respect to insurance of a parent with an obligation To pay child support.—Section 1902(a)(25)(F) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25)(F)) is amended—

(1) in clause (i), by striking “care.;” and inserting “care; and”; and

(2) in clause (ii), by inserting “only if such third-party liability is derived through insurance,” before “seek”.

(c) Effective date.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section take effect on October 1, 2025.

(2) STATE OPTION FOR EARLIER APPLICATION.—A State may elect for the amendments made by this section to take effect with respect to the State plans under part D of title IV and title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671 et seq.; 1396 et seq.) on the first day of any quarter of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.

(a) State plan requirement.—Paragraph (10) of section 454(10) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654(10)) is amended to read as follows:

“(10) provide that the State will—

“(A) maintain a full record of collections and disbursements made under the plan and have an adequate reporting system; and

“(B) document outcomes with respect to each child support obligation that is enforced by the State, including monthly support payment amounts (distinguishing between full monthly payments and partial monthly payments) and the frequency of monthly support payments for each such case and include information on such outcomes in the annual report required under paragraph (15);”.